Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian

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Edgar Douglas Adrian
Edgar Douglas Adrian
Born30 November 1889
Died8 August 1977
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)

Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS 30 November 1889 - 8 August 1977) was an English doctor.[1] He won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Charles Scott Sherrington for the discoveries about the functions of neurons.

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  1. "Biography of Edgar Adrian". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-05.