Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
António Egas Moniz
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Egas Moniz
Quizzes
3d illustration human heart. Adult Anatomy Aorta Black Blood Vessel Cardiovascular System Coronary Artery Coronary Sinus Front View Glowing Human Artery Human Heart Human Internal Organ Medical X-ray Myocardium
Medical Terms and Pioneers Quiz
A patient having surgery in 1898. History of medicine, history of surgery, surgical history.
History of Lobotomy Quiz
Related Questions
Read Next
Man with a headache
How Many People Actually Got Lobotomized?
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Photo of the antacid Tums
How Do Antacids Work?
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals
7 Nobel Prize Scandals
Discover
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

António Egas Moniz: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Antonio-Egas-Moniz
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz
Born November 29, 1874 • Portugal
Died December 13, 1955 (aged 81) • Lisbon • Portugal
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1949)
Subjects Of Study brain

Photos

Egas Moniz
See All Images →
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist
Moser, Edvard I.
Edvard I. Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
Moser, May-Britt
May-Britt Moser
Norwegian neuroscientist
Torsten Wiesel
Swedish biologist
Stanley B. Prusiner, 2004.
Stanley B. Prusiner
American biochemist and neurologist
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian-American neurologist
Murray, Joseph E.
Joseph E. Murray
American physiologist
David Hunter Hubel
American biologist
Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess
Swiss physiologist
Roger Wolcott Sperry
American biologist
Charles B. Huggins at work in a laboratory at the University of Chicago, c. 1965.
Charles B. Huggins
American surgeon and medical researcher
Werner Forssmann
German physician
Wagner-Jauregg
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian psychiatrist
Lord Adrian. 1956.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
British electrophysiologist
Kocher, c. 1900
Emil Theodor Kocher
Swiss surgeon
Alexis Carrel.
Alexis Carrel
French surgeon, sociologist, and biologist
Sir Victor Horsley, c. 1910
Sir Victor Horsley
British surgeon
Gerty Cori
American biochemist
Carl Cori
American biochemist
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
3d illustration human heart. Adult Anatomy Aorta Black Blood Vessel Cardiovascular System Coronary Artery Coronary Sinus Front View Glowing Human Artery Human Heart Human Internal Organ Medical X-ray Myocardium
Medical Terms and Pioneers Quiz
A patient having surgery in 1898. History of medicine, history of surgery, surgical history.
History of Lobotomy Quiz