List of Famous people with last name Finsen

Niels Ryberg Finsen

First Name Niels

Born on December 15, 1860

Died on September 24, 1904 (aged 43)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Faroe Islands

Niels Ryberg Finsen was an Icelandic-Faroese 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, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."

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William Stephen Finsen

First Name William

Last Name Finsen

Born on July 28, 1905

Died on May 16, 1979 (aged 73)

Born in South Africa, Gauteng

William Stephen Finsen FRAS was a South African astronomer. He discovered a number of double stars and took many photographs of Mars. He developed the Finsen eyepiece interferometer to measure very close double stars. He was the final director of Union Observatory in South Africa from 1957 to 1965.

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