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Henry Hallett Dale

1875-06-09 – 1968-07-23

Henry Hallett DaleCredit: Michieli

Life & Legacy

Sir Henry Hallett Dale (9 June 1875 – 23 July 1968) was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.

Occupation & Career

physician, neuroscientist, biochemist, physiologist, pharmacologist

Education

Trinity College; Tollington School; The Leys School; St Bartholomew's Hospital; University College London

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire; Copley Medal; Royal Medal; Schmiedeberg Badge; Albert Medal; honorary doctor of the University of Vienna; Croonian Medal and Lecture; honorary doctorate of the University of Graz; Banting Medal; Baly Medal; Harveian Oration; Knight Bachelor; Order of Merit; Pour le Mérite; Fellow of the Royal Society; Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons; Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi; doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris; Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Albert Medal · Baly Medal · Banting Medal · Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh · Commander of the Order of the British Empire · Copley Medal · Croonian Medal and Lecture · doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris · Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London · Fellow of the Royal Society · Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown · Harveian Oration · honorary doctor of the University of Vienna · honorary doctorate of the University of Graz · Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons · Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi · Knight Bachelor · Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · Order of Merit · Pour le Mérite · Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order · Royal Medal · Schmiedeberg Badge

Employer

University College London

Organizations & Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · National Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · Royal Society of London · Royal Society of Medicine · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences