Allvar Gullstrand Net Worth

Allvar Gullstrand was a renowned Swedish ophthalmologist and optician who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1911 for his research on light-refracting technique of the eye. He is credited with detailed research on the structure of the cornea, astigmatism, and improving corrective lenses for cataract surgery. He also improved the slit lamp instrument and procedures of focal illumination, and was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where he served on the Nobel Physics Committee and opposed Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Ophthalmologist
Birth Day June 05, 1862
Birth Place Landskrona, Sweden, Swedish
Age 157 YEARS OLD
Died On 28 July 1930(1930-07-28) (aged 68)\nStockholm, Sweden
Birth Sign Cancer
Awards Björkénska priset (1906) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1911)
Fields Ophthalmology
Institutions University of Uppsala

💰 Net worth

Allvar Gullstrand, a renowned Swedish ophthalmologist, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in the year 2024. Gullstrand's expertise in the field of ophthalmology has garnered him significant recognition and contributed to his wealth accumulation. His work in developing groundbreaking techniques and instruments for examining the eye has revolutionized the field. Gullstrand's contributions to ophthalmology have not only earned him fame but have also likely been financially rewarding, placing him within this estimated net worth range.

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Biography/Timeline

1862

Gullstrand married Signe Breitholtz (1862–1946) in 1885 and died in Stockholm, where he was interred at Norra begravningsplatsen.

1894

Born at Landskrona, Sweden, Gullstrand was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the University of Uppsala. He applied the methods of physical mathematics to the study of optical images and of the refraction of light in the eye. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1911.

1905

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905, and served on the Academy's Prize Committee for Physics. While serving on the committee, he used his position to block Einstein from receiving a Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of relativity, which Allvar believed to be wrong.

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