Human Accomplishment: Henry Hallett Dale

an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Otto Loewi.

The Nobel Prize in medicine (shared ) (1936)

"for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses"

more…

For much more information, also see

Wikipedia Article
(Henry Hallett Dale)

Born

Henry Hallett Dale 9 June 1875 Islington, London, England

Died

23 July 1968 (aged 93) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Nationality

United Kingdom

Known for

Acetylcholine Dale's principle

Fields

Pharmacology Physiology

Alma mater

University of Cambridge St Bartholomew's Hospital

Awards

FRS (1914) Royal Medal (1924) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1926) Knight Bachelor (1932) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936) Copley Medal (1937) Knight Grand

adultbasic

Britain

Education

Tollington School The Leys School

era

1800+

Website

www .rigb .org /our-history /people /d /henry-hallett-dale

Featured Today

For much more information, also see

Wikipedia Article