António Egas Moniz - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1949
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António Egas Moniz

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 1949
for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses
Together with: Walter Rudolf Hess
Citizenship
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Portugal Portugal Portugal
Languages
Portuguese
date of birth
11/29/1874
place of birth
Avanca
date of death
12/13/1955
place of death
Lisbon
Lived
81 years

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employer
  • University of Coimbra
  • University of Lisbon
field of work
  • neurologist
occupation
  • physician
  • politician
  • psychiatrist
  • diplomat
  • neurologist
  • university teacher
  • neuroscientist
  • neurosurgeon
  • writer
  • author
  • foreign minister
educated at
  • University of Lisbon
  • University of Coimbra
member of
  • Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
position held
  • ambassador
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs
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