Augustus Volney Waller

British neurophysicist (1816-1870) · Doctors · Died at 53

Augustus Volney Waller FRS was a British neurophysiologist. He was the first to describe the degeneration of severed nerve fibers, now known as Wallerian degeneration.

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1870Died18 September 1870Croonian Medal and LectureAward1860Royal MedalAward1852Montyon Science AwardAward1816Born21 December 1816

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Queen's College, Birmingham, a predecessor college of Birmingham University

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Croonian Medal and Lecture1870

Royal Medal1860

Montyon Science Award1852

Fellow of the Royal Society

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Doctors born in the 1810s 6

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