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Allan McLeod Cormack

Allan McLeod Cormack

American physicist

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Birthdate
February 23, 1924
Birthplace
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Date of Death
May 7, 1998
Place of Death
Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester, Massachusetts
Location
South Africa
South Africa
Educated at
Rondebosch Boys' High School
Rondebosch Boys' High School
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
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University of Cape Town
Awards Received
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1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Occupation
Physicist
Physicist
Scientist
Scientist

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South Africa
South Africa
United States
United States
Known for
Computed tomography
Wikidata ID
Q223542

Cormack died of cancer in Winchester, Massachusetts at age 74. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Mapungubwe on the 10 December 2002 for outstanding achievements as a scientist and for co-inventing the CT scanner.

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