The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936
Awarded on: 1936-10-29
"for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses"
Affiliations:
- National Institute for Medical Research – London, United Kingdom
Sir Henry Hallett Dale
Born: 1875-06-09 in London, United Kingdom
Gender: male
Field: English pharmacologist and physiologist (1875–1968)
Biography
Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.