Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) was a Spanish scientist (neuroscientist, histologist and pathologist) and Nobel prize winner who is sometimes considered the 'father' of neuroscience.
"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 was awarded jointly to Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal '"'in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system'."
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1906/summary/
"Señor Don Santiago Ramón y Cajal. By reason of your numerous discoveries and learned investigations, you have given the study of the nervous system the form that it has taken at the present day, and by means of the rich material which your work has given to the study of neuroanatomy, you have laid down a firm foundation for the further development of this branch of science."
Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the Royal Caroline Institute: extract from the presentation speech at the presentation of the Nobel prize.
Ramón y Cajal is perhaps best known today for his many detailed drawings of how cells branch to make connections in the central nervous system – which are sometimes considered not just technical achievements but works of art in their own right.
