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Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM FRS (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 was awarded jointly to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons"
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932. Born: 30 November 1889, London, United Kingdom. Died: 8 August 1977, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (born Nov. 30, 1889, London, Eng.—died Aug. 4, 1977, Cambridge) was a British electrophysiologist who, with Sir Charles Sherrington, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1932 for discoveries regarding the nerve cell.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 27, 2024 · The following focuses specifically on the interwar research of the Cambridge physiologist Edgar Douglas Adrian, and on the technology that led to his Nobel-Prize-winning research, the thermionic vacuum tube.
- Justin Garson
- 2015
The 1932 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine was shared by two English scientists, Edgar Douglas Adrian and Charles S. Sherrington (1857-1952), for their discoveries about the function of neurons.
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932 was awarded jointly to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian "for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons".