John Newport Langley | |
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Born | Newbury, England | 2 November 1852
Died | 5 November 1925 Cambridge, England | (aged 73)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Autonomic nervous system Secretion |
Awards | Royal Medal (1892) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physiologist |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Academic advisors | Michael Foster |
Notable students | Walter Morley Fletcher Charles Sherrington Leon Orbeli |
Notes | |
John Newport Langley FRS (2 November 1852 – 5 November 1925) was a British physiologist, who made substantive discoveries about the nervous system and secretion.