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Wilder Penfield

Wilder Penfield

Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach

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Birthdate
January 26, 1891
Birthplace
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Date of Death
April 5, 1976
Place of Death
Montréal-Nord
Montréal-Nord
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Epilepsy and cerebral localization
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Epileptic seizure patterns
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Speech and brain-mechanisms
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Educated at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Princeton University
Princeton University
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
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Scientist
Scientist
Surgeon
Surgeon
Neuroscientist
Neuroscientist
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Doctor
Doctor
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ISNI
00000001089310510
Open Library ID
OL1202032A0
VIAF
443780830

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Citizenship
Canada
Canada
Doctoral Advisor
Charles Scott Sherrington
Charles Scott Sherrington
Wikidata ID
Q711394
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Wilder Penfield was born on January 26, 1891, in Spokane, Washington and held Canadian citizenship. He was a renowned surgeon and neuroscientist who primarily worked in Canada. Penfield received his education from Princeton University and was a doctoral student of Charles Scott Sherrington.

Wilder Penfield passed away on April 5, 1976, in Montréal-Nord. Throughout his career and life, Penfield contributed significantly to the fields of surgery and neuroscience, leaving a lasting legacy within the scientific community.

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