Edgar Adrian
English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)
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Updated 2026-05-29
British neurophysiologist who won the 1932 Nobel Prize for proving how neurons actually fire. Adrian's experiments on the all-or-none law turned nerve impulses from philosophy into measurable science.
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. He provided experimental evidence for the all-or-none law of nerves.
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