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Niels Ryberg Finsen
Born(1860-12-15)15 December 1860
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Died24 September 1904(1904-09-24) (aged 43)
Copenhagen, Denmark
CitizenshipDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Known forPhototherapy
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1904)

Niels Ryberg Finsen (15 December 1860 – 24 September 1904) was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."[1]

  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-10-22.

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