Herbert Spencer Gasser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Spencer Gasser

American physiologist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1888

Place of Birth: Platteville, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 11-May-1963

Profession: physician, psychologist, university teacher, physiologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Herbert Spencer Gasser (July 5, 1888 – May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while on the faculty of Washington University in St.
Louis, awarded jointly with Joseph Erlanger.