Allan McLeod Cormack Scientist

Allan MacLeod Cormack (February 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998) was a South African American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (along with Godfrey Hounsfield) for his work on X-ray computed tomography (CT).

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 23, 1924
Birth place
Johannesburg , South Africa
Date of deathMay 07, 1998
Place of death
Massachusetts , United States
Known for
X-ray computed tomography

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