Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Torsten Nils Wiesel Biography and Timeline

Follow Torsten Nils Wiesel through 2 dated historical records for Sweden.

Torsten Nils Wiesel, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1981–1981Years on this page

1981

Nobel Prize in Medicine

Neurophysiologist · Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the medicine prize for discoveries about visual information processing.

Visual Cortex Research

Neurophysiologist · Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Reveals how cortical cells organize and respond to visual stimuli.

Records, sources and methodology

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