Sir Charles Scott Sherrington OM PRS FRCP GBE FRCS
(1857-1952)
neurophysiologist, histologist, Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, President of the Royal Society (1920-1925), Order of Merit recipient (from 1924), and Nobel Physiology or Medicine Laureate (from 1932)
Died aged c. 95
Wikidata WikipediaSir Charles Scott Sherrington OM PRS FRCP FRCS (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was an eminent English neurophysiologist. His experimental research established many aspects of contemporary neuroscience, including the concept of the spinal reflex as a system involving connected neurons (the "neuron doctrine"), and the ways in which signal transmission between neurons can be potentiated or depotentiated. Sherrington himself coined the word "synapse" to define the connection between two neurons. His book The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906) is a synthesis of this work, in recognition of which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932 (along with Edgar Adrian). In addition to his work in physiology, Sherrington did research in histology, bacteriology, and pathology. He was president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
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Sir Charles Scott Sherrington OM PRS 1857-1952 Neurophysiologist, histologist and Nobel Laureate in 1932. Educated here 1871-1876
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