Died 1977-08-04.
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Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian 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.
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science · English electrophysiologist (1889–1977) · physician · politician · neuroscientist · university teacher · physiologist · anatomist · also Edgar Douglas Adrian, Edgar Adrian, Lord Edgar Adrian, Lord Edgar Douglas Adrian, Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Adrian
Born 30 November 1889 · Died 4 August 1977 · Q231292
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1977· 1 entry
1967· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chancellor of the university of Cambridge (1967–1976).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1961).
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1957).
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1957–1959).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1955–1977).
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1953· 1 entry
Won Albert Medal (1953).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1951–1965).
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1950· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (1950–1955).
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1946· 3 entries
Won Copley Medal (1946).
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon (1946).
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Became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1942· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1942).
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Was awarded the Order of Merit and in the 1955 New Year Honours was created Baron Adrian of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge
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1934· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1934).
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1932· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932).
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1931· 1 entry
Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1931).
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1929· 1 entry
Won Baly Medal (1929).
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1928· 2 entries
Stated that the excitation of the skin under constant stimulus is initially strong but gradually decreases over time, whereas the sensory impulses passing along the nerves from the point of contact are constant in streng
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Proved the presence of electricity within nerve cells
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1923· 1 entry
On 14 June 1923 Edgar Adrian married Hester Agnes Pinsent, who was the daughter of Ellen Pinsent and sister of David Pinsent.
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1919· 1 entry
And in 1925 began research on the human sensory organs by electrical methods
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1915· 1 entry
Undertook clinical work at St Bartholomew's Hospital London during World War I, treating soldiers with nerve damage and nervous disorders such as shell shock
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1913· 1 entry
Was elected to a fellowship of Trinity College on account of his research into the "all or none" law of nerves
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-11-30.
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