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Physics Academic England Nobel Prize

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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Detailed Academic Spain Nobel Prize

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

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Classic Academic Nobel Prize Biology

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Ivan Pavlov

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Russia Academic Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Henri Becquerel

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Emil Fischer

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Sydney Brenner

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Germany Physics Academic Nobel Prize

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Torsten Wiesel

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Sweden Research Academic Nobel Prize

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Roger Sperry

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Alan Hodgkin

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Detailed England Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Lord Rayleigh

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Classical Physics Academic England

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John Eccles

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Otto Loewi

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Germany Academic Nobel Prize Discovery

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Bernard Katz

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Detailed Academic Nobel Prize 20TH Century

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Henry Dale

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