Blue plaque № 59782

Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935) FRS ERSE. Physiologist. Professor of Physiology, University of Edinburgh from 1899-1933. A founder of The Physiological Society and of The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology. Sharpey-Schafer pioneered the discipline of endocrinology and co-discovered the pressor effects of adrenaline.