Niels Ryberg Finsen

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Niels Ryberg Finsen
BornDecember 15, 1860
DiedSeptember 24, 1904
NationalityDanish-Faroese
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Known forUsing light radiation
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsFinsen Medical Light Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Ryberg Finsen (December 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904) was an Icelandic-Faroese doctor.[1] He won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for treating lupus vulgaris (tuberculosis of the skin), with light radiation.[2]

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  1. "Biography of Niels Ryberg Finsen". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2007-07-28.