Allvar Gullstrand

<html> <head> <title>Allvar Gullstrand</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/124/000125746/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Allvar Gullstrand<img src="allvar-gullstrand.jpg" height=250 width=220 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Allvar Gullstrand">Born: <a href="/lists/674/000106356/" class=proflink>5-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/861/000105546/" class=proflink>1862</a> Birthplace: Landskrona, Sweden Died: <a href="/lists/096/000106775/" class=proflink>28-Jul</a>-<a href="/lists/440/000106122/" class=proflink>1930</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/839/000069632/" class=proflink>Stockholm, Sweden</a> Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Norra Begravningsplatsen, Solna, Sweden Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: <a href="/lists/632/000096344/" class=proflink>Doctor</a>Nationality: Sweden Executive summary: Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eyeSwedish ophthalmologist Allvar Gullstrand researched the way the eye refracts light, and invented the slit lamp for eye exams -- a device still used by ophthalmologists. He detailed the structure of the cornea and improved corrective lenses for people who had undergone cataract surgery, winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1911. Though he had no formal training in physics, Gullstrand was appointed to the Nobel Committee for Physics, where he maneuvered behind the scenes to ensure that <a href="/people/302/000022236/">Albert Einstein</a> never received a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity. Gullstrand seemed to have not quite understood Einstein's theory, doubted its accuracy, and described it as being "of little significance". Einstein was honored with a Nobel Prize in 1921, but it was for his study of photoelectric effects. Father: Pehr Alfred Gullstrand (physician, b. 1825, d. 1892) Mother: Sofia Mathilda Korsell Gullstrand Wife: Signe Christina Breitholtz (b. 4-Oct-1862, m. 1885, d. 17-Sep-1946, one daughter)     University: <a href="/edu/633/000087372/">University of Uppsala (1885)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/646/000079409/">Ophthalmology, University of Stockholm (1888)</a>     Medical School: <a href="/edu/646/000079409/">MD Ophthalmology, University of Stockholm (1890)</a>     Teacher: <a href="/edu/646/000079409/">Ophthalmology, University of Stockholm (1891-94)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/633/000087372/">Ophthalmology, University of Uppsala (1894-1913)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/633/000087372/">Physical and Physiological Optics, University of Uppsala (1914-27, then Professor Emeritus)</a>     <a href="/honors/214/000068010/">Nobel Prize for Medicine</a> 1995     <a href="/lists/528/000044396/">Swedish Ancestry</a> Author of books: Contribution to the theory of astigmatism (<tt>1890</tt>, thesis) The real optical illustration (<tt>1906</tt>, research) Facts and fictions in the theory of the optical image (<tt>1907</tt>, research) The optical illustration in heterogeneous media (<tt>1908</tt>, research) The lattice diffraction of points of view of the geometrical optics (<tt>1914</tt>, textbook) The general optical imaging system (<tt>1915</tt>, textbook) Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=125746" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>

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