Edgar Adrian

Edgar Adrian, also known as Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , was born on November 30, 1889, in Hampstead . He held multiple occupations, including physician , politician , neuroscientist , and physiologist . He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge , and Westminster School .

His academic discipline was biology , and he was primarily known for his work on the function of neurons . In 1932, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .

Adrian held British nationality and passed away on August 4, 1977, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire . He had a child named Richard Adrian, who became the 2nd Baron Adrian .