Henry Hallett Dale
English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (1875-1968) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 93
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Something wrong?He proved that nerves talk to each other in chemistry, not just electricity - acetylcholine was the messenger, and the 1936 Nobel was the reward.
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Sir Henry Hallett Dale. Photograph by T.C. Turner. Wellcome V0026241
Sir Henry Dale with a group of students, 1899 Wellcome L0003855
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About this person
Henry Hallett Dale was born on 9 June 1875 in England and trained as a pharmacologist and physiologist. His work centered on acetylcholine, the molecule that carries signals between nerve cells - a finding that upended the assumption that the nervous system ran on pure electrical current. The research earned him the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Otto Loewi, who had independently demonstrated chemical neurotransmission. Dale's insight laid the groundwork for modern neuroscience and drug development. He died on 23 July 1968.
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