Baron Adrian
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Baron Adrian, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 27 January 1955 for the electrophysiologist
and Nobel Prize
recipient Edgar Adrian
. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was Professor of cell physiology
at the University of Cambridge
. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1995.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created on 27 January 1955 for the electrophysiologist
Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. It involves measurements of voltage change or electric current on a wide variety of scales from single ion channel proteins to whole organs like the heart...
and Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
recipient Edgar Adrian
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS was a British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons....
. He was succeeded by his only son, the second Baron. He was Professor of cell physiology
Cell physiology
Cell physiology is the biological study of the cell's mechanism and interaction in its environment. The term "physiology" refers to all the normal functions that take place in a living organism. Absorption of water by roots, production of food in the leaves, and growth of shoots towards light are...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1995.
Barons Adrian (1955)
- Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron AdrianEdgar Adrian, 1st Baron AdrianEdgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS was a British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons....
(1889–1977) - Richard Hume Adrian, 2nd Baron AdrianRichard Adrian, 2nd Baron AdrianRichard Hume Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian FRS was a British physiologist.Adrian was born in Cambridge in 1927, the only son of Edgar Adrian and his wife Hester Pinsent, a mental health worker. His father won a Nobel Prize in 1932, was President of the Royal Society 1950–1955 and was created...
(1927–1995)