Bernard Lown
Bernard Lown · Science & Medicine
Co-inventor of the defibrillator; co-founded IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize 1985)
1921, Utena, Lithuania — 2021, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Lithuania · United States
IPPNW1980Bernard Lown is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-inventor of the defibrillator; co-founded IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize 1985)
Bernard Lown was born into a Jewish family in Utena, Lithuania, and emigrated to the United States as a teenager. As a cardiologist he invented the direct-current defibrillator and cardioverter, devices that restart or correct a chaotic heartbeat and have since saved countless lives. Alarmed by the nuclear arms race, he co-founded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for warning the public about the medical consequences of nuclear war.
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Co-inventor of the defibrillator; co-founded IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize 1985)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Nobel Peace Prize winners
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