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Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield: Quick Facts

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Born August 28, 1919 • Newark-on-Trent • England
Died August 12, 2004 (aged 84) • Kingston upon Thames • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1979)

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