Portrait of Edgar Douglas Adrian
Date
c.1950s
Sitter
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge (1889 - 1977, British) , Physiologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Edgar Douglas Adrian, in right profile, dressed in a striped white shirt with a dark suit and tie.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923, served as Foreign Secretary between 1946 and 1950 and President between 1950 and 1955. Adrian and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1932 ‘for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons’.
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1923, served as Foreign Secretary between 1946 and 1950 and President between 1950 and 1955. Adrian and Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) were joint recipients of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1932 ‘for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons’.
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