Physiology or Medicine

Award ceremony speech

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1901 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The interest in medical science which was expressed in Alfred Nobel’s will must have sprung from two roots. His heart was warmly inclined towards everything which could be of use and benefit to…

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Banquet speech

Keffer Hartline’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1967 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish I could adequately express my feelings of pleasure and deep gratitude for this great honor that has come to me. But of course this is impossible – one cannot convey one’s personal feelings…

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Biographical

Haldan Keffer Hartline was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, on December 22nd, 1903. His parents were teachers there in the State Normal School (now Bloomsburg State College) where he received his early education. His father, Daniel S. Hartline, was Professor of Biology, but a man whose wide interests also included Astronomy and Geology. It was through…

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