Wald
noun
1.
George, 1906–97, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1967.
2.
Lillian, 1867–1940, U.S. social worker.
Wald (wôld), George. Born 1906.
American biologist. He shared a 1967 Nobel Prize for research on the role of vitamin A in vision.
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