Roger Wolcott Sperry

Roger Wolcott Sperry was born on August 20, 1913, in Hartford, Connecticut, and held American citizenship. He was a psychologist and physician who received education from both the University of Chicago and Oberlin College.

Sperry's doctoral advisor was Paul Alfred Weiss, and he mentored doctoral student Michael Gazzaniga. He received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was based in the United States. Roger Wolcott Sperry passed away on April 17, 1994, in Pasadena, California.