In 1911, Allvar Gullstrand won the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Date of Birth: 5 June 1862.
Died: 28 July 1930.
Nationality: Swedish.
Country: Sweden.
Education: University of Uppsala.
Known as: Mathematical model of the human eye, research on astigmatism.
Profession: Ophthalmologist and Optician.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1908), Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh (1914).
Fields: Ophthalmology.
