Santiago R.y Cajal
Former Senator for Life of the Kingdom of Spain
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the... Wikipedia
Born: May 1, 1852, Petilla de Aragón, Spain
Died: October 17, 1934 (age 82 years), Madrid, Spain
Education: University of Zaragoza (1869–1873)
Organization founded: Cajal Institute
Academic advisor: Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
Notable students: Blas Cabrera and Stephen Polyak