Neurophysiologist
David H. Hubel
Canadian American neuroscientist who worked with Torsten Wiesel on the visual cortex, and a Nobel laureate.
David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
- Born
- 1926-02-27, Windsor, CanadaA Saturday
- Died
- 2013-09-22, Lincoln, USAA Sunday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1926-02-27, Windsor, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Detroitthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 8°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 8°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 18°23′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 10°20′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Capricorn | 13°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 12°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 26°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 24°27′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 23°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°44′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2013-09-22, Lincoln, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 29°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 9°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 20°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 13°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 16°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 17°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 9°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 10°58′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 3°16′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 8°59′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment David H. Hubel was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
