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    Niels Ryberg Finsen (15 December 1860 – 24 September 1904) was a Faroese-Icelandic physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in...
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  • Finsen (née Jensen). He was the nephew of the Nobel prize winner Niels Ryberg Finsen. He obtained a DSc in Astronomy from the University of Cape Town...
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  • Finsen may refer to: Lawrence Finsen, American ethicist Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Faroese-Icelandic physician and scientist Susan Finsen, American...
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    measures to prevent malaria worldwide. The 1903 prize was awarded to Niels Ryberg Finsen, the first Faroese laureate, "in recognition of his contribution...
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  • politician Niels Nikolaus Falck (1784–1850), Danish jurist and historian Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005), Danish jazz bassist Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904)...
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  • winners have been from Denmark. The first Danish Nobel laureate was Niels Ryberg Finsen, who won a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1903 for his work on using...
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    published only in Norwegian, referred to the disease by this name. Niels Ryberg Finsen also described the disease in Iceland in 1874. In 1933, Ejnar Sylvest...
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  • Henrik Pontoppidan, Literature, 1917 Fredrik Bajer, Peace, 1908 Niels Ryberg Finsen, born in Faroe Islands, Physiology or Medicine, 1903 Carlos Filipe...
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    1903 Henri Becquerel; Pierre Curie; Marie Curie Svante Arrhenius Niels Ryberg Finsen Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Randal Cremer 1904 Lord Rayleigh William Ramsay...
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    and, proved resistant to all treatment until the breakthrough by Niels Ryberg Finsen using a form of "concentrated light radiation" or light therapy (now...
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    high school in the country. It is located just outside Tórshavn. Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology...
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  • killing between 56 and 113 passengers and crew and injuring 106. Died: Niels Ryberg Finsen, 43, Icelandic/Faroese/Danish physician and scientist, recipient...
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    skin. In 1890 the Danish physician Niels Ryberg Finsen developed a carbon arc lamp ("Finsen's light" or a "Finsen lamp") that produced ultraviolet radiation...
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    Danish botanist. He first coined the word gene in its modern usage. Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), Nobel laureate in medicine (1903) Otto Jespersen (1860–1943)...
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  • linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (d. 1917) 1860 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d....
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  • lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818) 1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)...
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    Andrzej; Pietrzak, Krzysztof (2012-07-01). "From patient to discoverer—Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904)—the founder of phototherapy in dermatology". Clinics...
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  • derivatives well known for their photosensitizing effects. In the 1890s Niels Ryberg Finsen of Copenhagen developed a bulky phototherapy machine to treat skin...
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    The red treatment was given scientific authority by Nobel laureate Niels Ryberg Finsen, who claimed that the treatment of smallpox patients with red light...
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  • Bell Hatcher (born 1861), American paleontologist. September 24 – Niels Ryberg Finsen (born 1860), Icelandic/Faroese/Danish physician and scientist, recipient...
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    successful research on this disease and methods of combating it" 1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904) Danish "[for] his contribution to the treatment of diseases...
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    developed into the fax machine. Finsen light – The Finsen light, invented by Niels Ryberg Finsen, treated tuberculosis luposa. Finsen received the Nobel Prize...
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    England. Afforded scientific credibility through the studies by Niels Ryberg Finsen showing that red light reduced scarring, this belief persisted even...
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    Detoxification foot baths Electromagnetic spectrum Light therapy Niels Ryberg Finsen Sauna Turkish baths Purtill, James (12 August 2020). "Infrared saunas...
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  • and Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Fincke (1561–1656), mathematician Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), physician and Nobel Prize laureate Bent Flyvbjerg, geographer...
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  • and Marie Curie Chemistry – Svante August Arrhenius Medicine – Niels Ryberg Finsen January 22 – Fritz Houtermans (died 1966), Danzig-born Dutch physicist...
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  • between Grøndalen and Sassendalen. It is named after Danish scientist Niels Ryberg Finsen. "Finsenfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved...
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    Broca Korbinian Brodmann Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke Alexis Carrel Niels Ryberg Finsen Alessandra Giliani Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle Josef Hyrtl Eduard...
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  • Finsch (1839–1917) WGPSN Finsen 42°17′S 177°43′W / 42.29°S 177.72°W / -42.29; -177.72 (Finsen) 72.98 1979 Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904) WGPSN Firmicus...
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  • and Marie Curie Chemistry – Svante August Arrhenius Medicine – Niels Ryberg Finsen Literature – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Peace – William Randal Cremer...
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