SettingsFullerian Professors of Physiology
Alfred Henry Garrod
Alfred Henry Garrod (May 18, 1846 – October 17, 1879) was an English vertebrate zoologist.
Alfred Henry Garrod (May 18, 1846 – October 17, 1879) was an English vertebrate zoologist.
Andrew Huxley
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London) is an English physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his experimental ...
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London) is an English physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his experimental ...
Anne McLaren
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten.
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, DBE, FRS, FRCOG (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was the daughter of Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway and Christabel McNaughten.
Arthur Gamgee
Arthur Gamgee FRS (11 October 1841 – 29 May 1909) was a British biochemist.
Arthur Gamgee FRS (11 October 1841 – 29 May 1909) was a British biochemist.
Arthur Keith
Sir Arthur Keith was a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, who became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of t...
Sir Arthur Keith was a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, who became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of t...
Augustus Desiré Waller
Augustus Desiré Waller FRS (18 July 1856 - 11 March 1922) was a British physiologist and the son of Augustus Volney Waller.
Augustus Desiré Waller FRS (18 July 1856 - 11 March 1922) was a British physiologist and the son of Augustus Volney Waller.
Charles Scott Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, OM, GBE, PRS was an English neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and a pathologist, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, OM, GBE, PRS was an English neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and a pathologist, Nobel laureate and president of the Royal Society in the early 1920s.
Charles Stewart (zoologist)
Charles Stewart (18 May 1840 – 27 September 1907) was an English zoologist and comparative anatomist.
Charles Stewart (18 May 1840 – 27 September 1907) was an English zoologist and comparative anatomist.
David Chilton Phillips
David Chilton Phillips, Baron Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS (7 March 1924 - 23 February 1999) is considered to be a founding father of the now expanding field of structural biology and was an ...
David Chilton Phillips, Baron Phillips of Ellesmere, KBE, FRS (7 March 1924 - 23 February 1999) is considered to be a founding father of the now expanding field of structural biology and was an ...
Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer FRS FRSE was an English physiologist who coined the word "insulin" after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus.
Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer FRS FRSE was an English physiologist who coined the word "insulin" after theorising that a single substance from the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus.
Edward James Salisbury
Sir Edward James Salisbury FRS (16 April 1886 – 10 November 1978) was an English botanist and ecologist.
Sir Edward James Salisbury FRS (16 April 1886 – 10 November 1978) was an English botanist and ecologist.
Edward Mellanby
Sir Edward Mellanby, GBE, KCB, MD, FRCP, FRS discovered vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets in 1919.
Sir Edward Mellanby, GBE, KCB, MD, FRCP, FRS discovered vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets in 1919.
Frederick Walker Mott
Sir Frederick Walker Mott FRS (23 October 1853 Brighton, Sussex - 8 June 1926 Birmingham, Warwickshire) was one of the pioneers of biochemistry in Britain.
Sir Frederick Walker Mott FRS (23 October 1853 Brighton, Sussex - 8 June 1926 Birmingham, Warwickshire) was one of the pioneers of biochemistry in Britain.
George Romanes
George John Romanes FRS (20 May 1848 – 23 May 1894) was a Canadian-born English evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulat...
George John Romanes FRS (20 May 1848 – 23 May 1894) was a Canadian-born English evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulat...
Grafton Elliot Smith
Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, FRS FRCP (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian anatomist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory.
Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, FRS FRCP (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian anatomist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory.
Harold Munro Fox
Harold Munro Fox FRS (28 September 1889 – 29 January 1967) was a British zoologist.
Harold Munro Fox FRS (28 September 1889 – 29 January 1967) was a British zoologist.
J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS, known as Jack, was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS, known as Jack, was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist.
Jack Drummond
Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS (12 Jan 1891—4 Aug or 5 Aug 1952) was a distinguished biochemist, noted for his work on nutrition as applied to the British diet under rationing during th...
Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS (12 Jan 1891—4 Aug or 5 Aug 1952) was a distinguished biochemist, noted for his work on nutrition as applied to the British diet under rationing during th...
James Gray (zoologist)
Sir James Gray, FRS (14 Oct 1891, London - 14 Dec 1975, Cambridge, England) was a British zoologist who helped establish the field of cytology.
Sir James Gray, FRS (14 Oct 1891, London - 14 Dec 1975, Cambridge, England) was a British zoologist who helped establish the field of cytology.
John Gray McKendrick
John Gray McKendrick was a distinguished Scottish Physiologist.
John Gray McKendrick was a distinguished Scottish Physiologist.
John Marshall (surgeon)
John Marshall FRS FRCS (11 September 1818 – 1 January 1891) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy.
John Marshall FRS FRCS (11 September 1818 – 1 January 1891) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy.
John Zachary Young
John Zachary Young FRS, generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century.
John Zachary Young FRS, generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century.
Joseph Barcroft
Sir Joseph Barcroft CBE, FRS (26 July 1872 – 21 March 1947) was a British physiologist best known for his studies of the oxygenation of blood.
Sir Joseph Barcroft CBE, FRS (26 July 1872 – 21 March 1947) was a British physiologist best known for his studies of the oxygenation of blood.
Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist.
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887 – 14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist.
Max Perutz
Max Ferdinand Perutz, OM, CH, CBE, FRS was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of h...
Max Ferdinand Perutz, OM, CH, CBE, FRS was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of h...
Richard John Harrison
Richard John Harrison FRS was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge.
Richard John Harrison FRS was a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge.
Richard Owen
Sir Richard Owen, FRS KCB (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist.
Sir Richard Owen, FRS KCB (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist.
Robert Edmond Grant
Robert Edmond Grant MD FRCPEd FRS (1793–1874) was born in Edinburgh and educated at Edinburgh University as a physician.
Robert Edmond Grant MD FRCPEd FRS (1793–1874) was born in Edinburgh and educated at Edinburgh University as a physician.
Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet
Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet of Brook Street (31 December 1816 – 29 January 1890) was a prominent 19th century English physician.
Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet of Brook Street (31 December 1816 – 29 January 1890) was a prominent 19th century English physician.
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords.
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, CBE is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Thomas Wharton Jones
Thomas Wharton Jones (born St. Andrews, Scotland, 9 January 1808; died Ventnor, England, 7 November 1891) was an eminent ophthalmologist and physiologist of the 19th century.
Thomas Wharton Jones (born St. Andrews, Scotland, 9 January 1808; died Ventnor, England, 7 November 1891) was an eminent ophthalmologist and physiologist of the 19th century.
Victor Horsley
Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (14 April 1857 – 16 July 1916) was an accomplished scientist and professor.
Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (14 April 1857 – 16 July 1916) was an accomplished scientist and professor.
William Bateson
William Bateson was an English geneticist and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
William Bateson was an English geneticist and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
William Benjamin Carpenter
William Benjamin Carpenter MD CB FRS (29 October 1813 – November 19, 1885) was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist and physiologist.
William Benjamin Carpenter MD CB FRS (29 October 1813 – November 19, 1885) was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist and physiologist.
William Rutherford (physiologist)
William Rutherford was a Scottish physician and physiologist who contributed to the development of experimental physiology.
William Rutherford was a Scottish physician and physiologist who contributed to the development of experimental physiology.