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Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952).
Life and work
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English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952).
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (27 November 1857 – 4 March 1952) was a British neurophysiologist and academic. His experimental research established many aspects of contemporary neuroscience, including the concept of the spinal reflex as a system involving connected neurons (the "neuron doctrine"), and how signal transmission between neurons can be potentiated or depotentiated. Sherrington himself coined the word "synapse" to define the connection between two neurons. His book The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906) is a synthesis of this work, in recognition of which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932 (along with Edgar Adrian). In addition to his work in physiology, Sherrington did research in histology, bacteriology, and pathology. He was president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
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Achievements and distinctions
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English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952).
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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Order of Merit
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Croonian Medal and Lecture
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Baly Medal
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Silliman Memorial Lectures
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Royal Medal
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Copley Medal
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honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
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doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Ipswich Town F.C.
Employers and institutions
Magdalen College · University of Liverpool · King's College London
Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Pontifical Academy of Sciences · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · National Academy of Sciences · Academy of Sciences of Turin · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Leadership and official positions
President of the Royal Society
Education
Fitzwilliam College · Gonville and Caius College · Ipswich School · University of Oxford · St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
Fields of work
neurobiology · physiology · histology · bacteriology · pathology
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