Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Andrew_Fielding_Huxley
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
chemist
physiologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-11-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hampstead,_London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Grantchester,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:children 5
gptkbp:deathDate 2012-05-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Grantchester,_Cambridgeshire,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Alan_Hodgkin
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Journal_of_Physiology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biophysics
neuroscience
muscle physiology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Hodgkin–Huxley_model
work on nerve impulses
gptkbp:lecturedAt gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:John_Eccles
gptkb:Alan_Hodgkin
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1963
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Hodgkin–Huxley_model
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Aldous_Huxley
gptkb:Julian_Huxley
gptkb:Thomas_Henry_Huxley
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Richenda_Gurney
gptkbp:title gptkb:FRS
gptkb:OM
gptkb:PRSL
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andrew_Huxley
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