Alexander Forbes (neurophysiologist)

Alexander Forbes (May 14, 1882, Milton, Massachusetts – March 27, 1965, Milton, Massachusetts) was an American electrophysiologist, neurophysiologist, and professor of physiology at Harvard Medical School.[1] He "had an enormous impact on the physiology and neuroscience of the twentieth century."[2]

  1. ^ Fenn, Wallace O. (1969). "Alexander Forbes, May 14, 1882 – March 27, 1965" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs. 40. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences: 113–141.
  2. ^ Garson, Justin (2013). "Alexander Forbes, Walter Cannon, and Science-Based Literature". Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience - Historical and Literary Connections. Progress in Brain Research. Vol. 205. pp. 241–256. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63273-9.00012-5. ISBN 9780444632739. PMID 24290268.