death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for spouse prizes image article_title name
12 april 1997 cambridge , massachusetts new york city 180px american neurobiology harvard university 18 november 1906 pigments in the retina frances 2 children -rrb- ruth hubbard -lrb- m. 1958 ; 2 kingsley children -rrb- -lrb- 1931 - ? ; divorced ; eli nobel prize in physiology or medicine -lrb- 1967 -rrb- lilly award in biological chemistry -lrb- 1939 -rrb- george wald nobel.jpg george wald
 george wald
george wald

george wald -lrb- november 18 , 1906 -- april 12 , 1997 -rrb- was an american scientist who is best known for his work with pigments in the retina .
he won a share of the 1967 nobel prize in physiology or medicine with haldan keffer hartline and ragnar granit .
