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Biographical Name
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"Allan M Cormack (1924-1998) was a South African-American physicist who was instrumental in the development of CT 1,3."

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Quotes
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"US President George Bush awarded him the National Medal of Science in the physical sciences “for his scientific work including the development of computer assisted tomography...” (1990) 3"

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Acronyms
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"Cormack graduated in physics from Cape Town University in 1944. In 1947 he became a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory, based at Cambridge University in the UK, where he worked with Otto Frisch 3."

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"In 1957, despite his lack of a doctorate, he became a Professor at Tufts University, USA before becoming the Chairman of the Physics department from 1968-1976. Cormack died on 7 May 1998 from cancer, at the age of 74 3."

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"US President George Bush awarded him the National Medal of Science in the physical sciences “for his scientific work including the development of computer assisted tomography...” (1990) 3"

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Ranges
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"In 1957, despite his lack of a doctorate, he became a Professor at Tufts University, USA before becoming the Chairman of the Physics department from 1968-1976. Cormack died on 7 May 1998 from cancer, at the age of 74 3."

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List Caps
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"Honorary Doctorate, Tufts University (1980) 3"

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"Order of Mapungubwe, South Africa’s highest civilian honour (1998): posthumously 3"

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Ellipses
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"US President George Bush awarded him the National Medal of Science in the physical sciences “for his scientific work including the development of computer assisted tomography...” (1990) 3"

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Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Early life
  • H1 Later life
  • H2 Accolades
  • H1 Legacy
  • H1 See also

"Development of computed tomography"

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Oxford Comma
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"Allan Macleod Cormack was born on 23 February 1924 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His parents - teacher Amelia MacLeod and engineer George Cormack - had both emigrated to South Africa from Scotland just before the Great War. Cormack grew up in Cape Town, where he was a pupil at Rondebosch Boys’ High School. He demonstrated aptitude in astronomy, debating and tennis. He later said that he gained his love for mathematics and physics due to popular mainstream works by two British astrophysicists, Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir James Jeans 3."

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