Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine
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Finally, in 1979, Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This is the highest award given to anyone for outstanding contribution in the fields of Science and Medicine.
Hounsfield received this honor along with his partner and co-developer of computer-assisted tomography, Allan M. Cormack from South Africa. This innovation indeed led to significant improvement in humankind.
Apart from these, Hounsfield has several other honors to his name. In 1976, he was appointed the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He received his knighthood in 1981. The Wilhelm Exner Medal and the Howard N. Potts Medal is given to him in 1974 and 1977 respectively.