Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edgar_Adrian,_1st_Baron_Adrian
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
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gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-11-30
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Edgar_Douglas_Adrian
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Anne_Pinsent_Adrian
gptkbp:deathDate 1977-08-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Keith_Lucas
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Westminster_School
gptkbp:fieldOfWork neurophysiology
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
OM PRS
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
gptkbp:knownFor electrophysiology
all-or-none law in neurons
studies of nerve impulses
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Medicine
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Charles_Scott_Sherrington
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1932
gptkbp:nobleTitle gptkb:Baron_Adrian
gptkbp:notableWork research on the function of neurons
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
physiologist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Medicine
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Ascension_Parish_Burial_Ground,_Cambridge
gptkbp:signature Edgar_Adrian_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hester_Agnes_Pinsent
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Adrian
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