Edgar Adrian
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 46 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 30,1889 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Hampstead |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | August 4,1977 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian |
| Job | Physicist |
| Physiologist | |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Trinity College | |
| Westminster School | |
| Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry | |
| Books | The Basis of Sensation |
| The Mechanism of Nervous Action | |
| The physical background of perception | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Royal Medal | |
| Albert Medal | |
| Copley Medal | |
| Notable student | Glenn Allan Millikan |
| Children | Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian |
| Anne Adrian | |
| Grandparents | Selina Anne Douglas |
| Charles Howard Barton | |
| Emperor Adrian | |
| Grandchildren | Simon Keynes |
| Sally Anne Campbell | |
| Emma Jane Campbell | |
| Richard Campbell | |
| Adrian Keynes | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 642029 |
Edgar Adrian Life story
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM FRS 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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