Hungarian physicist (1899–1972)
Georg von Békésy (Békésy György) (June 3, 1899 – June 13, 1972) was a Hungarian biophysicist born in Budapest. In 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the function of the cochlea in the mammalian hearing organ.
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Native Name:
Békésy György
Alternative Names:
Georg von Bekesy
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