Edgar Douglas Adrian

Also known as Lord Edgar Adrian, Lord Edgar Douglas Adrian, Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian

English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)

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Edgar Douglas Adrian was born on November 30, 1889, and died on August 4, 1977. He received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Copley Medal collection.

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Edgar Douglas Adrian is indexed among the 233 entries in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Medicine collection. It also appears in Copley Medal.

Within Vinony's link graph, Edgar Douglas Adrian is referenced by 696 other articles, and connects out to list of presidents of the Royal Society, Robert Robinson and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

It sits within the topics 1889 births, 1977 deaths and Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Its subject is documented across 62 Wikipedia language editions.

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1932
“for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Douglas
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Hampstead
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: physiologist
Position held: chancellor
Educated at: Westminster School
Employer: University of Cambridge
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: electrophysiology
Conflict: World War I
Image: Edgar Douglas Adrian nobel.jpg
Work location: London

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
date of birth: 1889-11-30
date of death: 1977-08-04
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Commons category: Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
name in native language: Edgar Adrian, 1. Baron Adrian
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
interested in: physiology

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Encyclopedic overview

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. He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves.

Biography

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