George Wald
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| Born | George Wald November 18, 1906 |
| Died | April 12, 1997 (aged 90) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University Columbia University |
| Known for | Pigments in the retina Vertebrate visual opsin Wald's visual cycle |
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| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1939) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1953) Rumford Prize (1959) Guggenheim Fellowship (1963) Frederic Ives Medal (1966) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1967) Massey Lecture (1970) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurobiology |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Chicago |
George Wald (November 18, 1906 – April 12, 1997) was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
In 1970, Wald predicted that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”