David H. Hubel's Birth Card: The Jack of Clubs

In the record

David Hunter Hubel (February 27, 1926 – September 22, 2013) was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. The birth-card coordinate for February 27 is the Jack of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1981 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1981 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system

The Jack of Clubs coordinate

David H. Hubel's birthday maps to the Jack of Clubs (The Creative Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on David H. Hubel. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a new angle and you let someone pressure-test it before it ships.

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David H. Hubel in the public record

He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Roger W. Sperry), for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. Hubel was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to American parents in 1926. His grandfather emigrated as a child to the United States from the Bavarian town of Nördlingen. In 1929, his family moved to Montreal, where he spent his formative years.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article David H. Hubel (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Jack of Clubs

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Ability to inspire intellectual breakthroughs

For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: professor.

Also on the record

1. His father was a chemical engineer and Hubel developed a keen interest in science right from childhood, making many experiments in chemistry and electronics.
2. From age six to eighteen, he attended Strathcona Academy in Outremont, Quebec, about which he said, "[I owe] much to the excellent teachers there, especially to Julia Bradshaw, a dedicated, vivacious history teacher with a memorable Irish temper, who awakened me to the possibility of learning how to write readable English." He studied mathematics and physics at McGill University, and then completed medical school there in 1951 and followed that with three years of residency (a year of internship and two of residency in neurology) at the Montreal General Hospital.
3. In 1954, Hubel moved to the United States to work at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as an assistant resident in Neurology.
4. He was later drafted by the army and served at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR).

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• Andrei Sakharov — 1975 Peace
• Arthur Henderson — 1934 Peace
• Aung San Suu Kyi — 1991 Peace
• Bengt I. Samuelsson — 1982 Physiology or Medicine
• Bertil Ohlin — 1977 Economic Sciences
• Ernst B. Chain — 1945 Physiology or Medicine
• François Mauriac — 1952 Literature
• Friedrich Bergius — 1931 Chemistry
• 23 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is David H. Hubel's birth card?

The Jack of Clubs. February 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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Where do David H. Hubel's dates come from?

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