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(Q1390215)

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Robert Ledley

American Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of Radiology

  • Robert Steven Ledley
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given name
Robert
series ordinal
1
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Steven
series ordinal
2
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family name
Ledley
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date of birth
28 June 1926Gregorian
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stated in
SNAC
SNAC ARK ID
w6j68232
subject named as
Robert Ledley
retrieved
9 October 2017
date of death
24 July 2012
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stated in
SNAC
SNAC ARK ID
w6j68232
subject named as
Robert Ledley
retrieved
9 October 2017
award received
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
point in time
1997
award rationale
For pioneering contributions to biomedical computing and engineering, including inventing the whole-body CT scanner which revolutionized the practice of radiology, and for his role in developing automated chromosome analysis for prenatal diagnosis of birth defects. (English)
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reference URL
https://www.nationalmedals.org/laureates
Commons category
Robert Ledley
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Identifiers

CONOR.SI ID
66697059
subject named as
Ledley, Robert Steven, 1926-
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Academic Tree ID
512844
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CiNii Research ID
1140282266555870592
subject named as
Ledley, Robert Steven
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Freebase ID
/m/026fgrq
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SNAC ARK ID
w6j68232
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