Henry Hallett Dale

Sir
Henry Dale
OM GBE FRS
Born
Henry Hallett Dale

(1875-06-09)9 June 1875
Islington, London, England
Died23 July 1968(1968-07-23) (aged 93)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
EducationTollington School
The Leys School
Alma mater
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Websitewww.rigb.org/our-history/people/d/henry-hallett-dale

Sir Henry Hallett Dale OM GBE FRS[1] (9 June 1875 – 23 July 1968) was an English pharmacologist and physiologist.[3] 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.[4][5][6][7][8]

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  3. ^ Tansey, Elizabeth M. (1990). The early scientific career of Sir Henry Dale FRS (1875–1968). ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 556469190. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.294137.
  4. ^ Halpern, B. (1969). "Obituary notice: Henry Hallet Dale". Revue française d'allergologie. 9 (2): 117–119. doi:10.1016/s0370-4688(69)80008-6. PMID 4896522.
  5. ^ Vogt, M. (1969). "Obituary. Sir Henry Hallett Dale, O.M., F.R.S". International Journal of Neuropharmacology. 8 (2): 83–84. doi:10.1016/0028-3908(69)90001-X. PMID 4890938.
  6. ^ Bynum, William (1970–1980). "Dale, Henry Hallett". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 15. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
  7. ^ Abigail O'Sullivan: Henry Dale's Nobel Prize winning 'discovery'. Minerva, 2001; 38: 409–424. [ISBN missing]
  8. ^ Sabbatini, R.M.E.: Neurons and synapses. The history of its discovery. IV. Chemical transmission. Brain & Mind, 2004.