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Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
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Edgar Douglas Adrian | |
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![]() Edgar Douglas Adrian | |
Born | 30 November 1889 London, England |
Died | 8 August 1977 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932) |
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS 30 November 1889 - 8 August 1977) was an English doctor.[1] He won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Charles Scott Sherrington for the discoveries about the functions of neurons.
References
- ↑ "Biography of Edgar Adrian". The Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1932/adrian-bio.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05.