Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield was an English electrical engineer renowned for co-developing computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) technology, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979 alongside Allan Cormack. He is also credited with the invention of the Hounsfield scale, a quantitative measure of radiodensity used to assess images from CT scans. Hounsfield's groundbreaking work significantly enhanced diagnostic imaging and has had a lasting impact on medicine.
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Meaning of the name - Godfrey
peace-god
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Place of Birth: Sutton on Trent
Place of Death: Kingston upon Thames
Educated At: Faraday House | Magnus Church of England School
Occupation: physicist | engineer
Awards Received: Fellow of the Royal Society | honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Gabor Medal and Prize | X-ray badge | Howard N. Potts Medal | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Canada Gairdner International Award | Knight Bachelor | Wilhelm Exner Medal | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on August 28, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for August 28, 2024 |
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| Sun | 4 Virgo 19 | 5 Virgo 52 | 18 Sagittarius 37 |
| Moon | 10 Libra 38 | 4 Cancer 24 | 17 Leo 20 |
| Mercury | 17 Leo 15 | 21 Leo 24 | 1 Sagittarius 50 |
| Venus | 26 Virgo 34 | 28 Virgo 58 | 2 Scorpio 50 |
| Mars | 3 Leo 29 | 25 Gemini 38 | 6 Libra 6 |
| Jupiter | 5 Leo 30 | 18 Gemini 37 | 17 Leo 49 |
| Saturn | 2 Virgo 41 | 16 Pisces 44 | 12 Virgo 15 |
| Uranus | 29 Aquarius 29 | 27 Taurus 16 | 28 Aquarius 13 |
| Neptune | 10 Leo 0 | 29 Pisces 7 | 11 Leo 20 |
| Pluto | 7 Cancer 27 | 0 Aquarius 3 | 7 Cancer 4 |
| Rahu | 29 Scorpio 0 | 8 Aries 7 | 23 Scorpio 27 |
| Ketu | 29 Taurus 0 | 8 Libra 7 | 23 Taurus 27 |
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