Niels Ryberg Finsen
Physician and scientist
Niels Ryberg Finsen was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation,... Wikipedia
Born: December 15, 1860, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Died: September 24, 1904 (age 43 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Parents: Johanne Formann
Spouse: Ingeborg Balslev (m. 1892–1904)
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903) and Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1904)
Children: Valgerda Finsen