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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Politician · born May 1, 1852 · died 1934

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specialising in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906.

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  1. ~35Became full professor1887
  2. 44Became presidentDecember 1, 1896
  3. ~54Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1906

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