Niels Ryberg Finsen

Niels Ryberg Finsen
Born	(1860-12-15)15 December 1860 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Died	24 September 1904(1904-09-24) (aged 43) Copenhagen, Denmark
Citizenship	Danish
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Known for	Phototherapy
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1904)

Niels Ryberg Finsen (15 December 1860 – 24 September 1904) was a physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."^[1]