The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1932
Awarded on: 1932-10-27
"for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons"
Affiliations:
- University of Cambridge – Cambridge, United Kingdom
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Born: 1889-11-30 in London, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: English electrophysiologist (1889–1977)
Biography
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.