Allan MacLeod Cormack
Allan MacLeod Cormack | |
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Computed tomography | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979) National Medal of Science (1990) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a
Early life and education
Cormack was born on February 23, 1924, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town, where he was active in the debating and tennis teams.[3] He received his B.Sc. in physics in 1944 from the University of Cape Town and his M.Sc. in crystallography in 1945 from the same institution. He was a doctoral student at Cambridge University from 1947 to 1949, and while at Cambridge he met his future wife, Barbara Seavey, an American physics student.[citation needed]
Career
After marrying Barbara, he returned to the University of Cape Town in early 1950 to lecture. Following a sabbatical at
Death
Cormack died of cancer in Winchester, Massachusetts, at age 74. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Mapungubwe on December 10, 2002, for outstanding achievements as a scientist and for co-inventing the CT scanner.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "1979: Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924–1998)". St John's College, Cambridge.
- S2CID 9630780.
- ^ Allan M. Cormack on Nobelprize.org , accessed 11 October 2020
- ^ "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details | NSF – National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
External links
- Quotations related to Allan MacLeod Cormack at Wikiquote
- Allan M. Cormack on Nobelprize.org