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Falck, Bengt Olof Torsten was born on January 16, 1927 in Malmoe Scania, Sweden. Son of Hans Sigurd Torstensson and Maria Karolina E. (Hagander) Falck.
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Bengt Olof Torsten Falck
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Bengt Olof Torsten Falck, Swedish histologist, educator. Recipient The Purkinje medal Czechoslovakian Academy science, The Florman prize Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1966, Axel Hirsch prize Karolinska Institute, 1968, Leitz Microscope, 1972, The A. and P.A. Mångberg prize Umeå University, 1982, Memorial Gold medal Royal Physiographic Society, 1993.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Lund University, 1959.
Career
Research assistant, Lund U., 1956; assistant professor, Lund U., 1959-1964; associate professor, Lund U., 1964-1970; professor histology, Lund U., 1970-1994; professor emeritus, Lund U., since 1994; department chairman histology, Lund U., 1970-1984.
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Married Eva Henriette Torp, November 11, 1951 (divorced). Children: Hjalmar, Axel, Henriette, Benedikte. Married Inger Vestvik, November 11, 1994.
Children: Peter, Maria.
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1959
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Recipient The Purkinje medal Czechoslovakian Academy science, The Florman prize Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1966, Axel Hirsch prize Karolinska Institute, 1968, Leitz Microscope, 1972, The A. and P.A. Mångberg prize Umeå University, 1982, Memorial Gold medal Royal Physiographic Society, 1993.Recipient The Purkinje medal Czechoslovakian Academy science, The Florman prize Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1966, Axel Hirsch prize Karolinska Institute, 1968, Leitz Microscope, 1972, The A. and P.A. Mångberg prize Umeå University, 1982, Memorial Gold medal Royal Physiographic Society, 1993.