Edgar Douglas Adrian

English electrophysiologist (1889-1977).

Quick Facts

Died: 1977-08-04
Occupation: physician · politician · neuroscientist · university teacher · physiologist · anatomist
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthplace: Hampstead
Membership: Royal Society of London · since 3 May 1923
Affiliation: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Affiliation: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Affiliation: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Affiliation: Académie Nationale de Médecine
Membership: National Academy of Sciences · since 1941
Affiliation: Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
Membership: American Philosophical Society · since 1938
Membership: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · since 5 October 1947

Edgar Douglas Adrian is the child of Alfred Douglas Adrian and Flora Lavinia Barton.

Date / result	Award / category
1961 Received	Karl Spencer Lashley Award
1957 Received	doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
1953 Received	Albert Medal
1946 Received	Copley Medal
1946 Received	doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
1942 Received	Order of Merit
1942 Received	Order of Merit
1934 Received	Royal Medal
1932 Received	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1932 Nominated	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1931 Received	Croonian Medal and Lecture
1931 Nominated	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1930 Nominated	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1929 Received	Baly Medal
— Received	Fellow of the Royal Society
— Received	Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
— Received	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
— Received	Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Edgar Douglas Adrian’s education and training.

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