Kenneth Stewart Cole | |
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Born | |
Died | April 18, 1984 | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Oberlin College Cornell University |
Known for | Cole–Cole equation Voltage clamp |
Spouse | Elizabeth Evans Roberts |
Children | 2 |
Awards | ForMemRS (1972) National Medal of Science (1967) Guggenheim Fellowship (1941) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysics |
Kenneth Stewart Cole (July 10, 1900 – April 18, 1984) was an American biophysicist described by his peers as "a pioneer in the application of physical science to biology".[1] Cole was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1967.[2][3]
Kenneth S. Cole, winner of the National Medal of Science and a pioneer in the study of the electrical properties of nerves and other living cells, died Wednesday at the Wesley Palms Retirement Home in La Jolla, California He was 83 years old. Dr. Cole, known as the father of biophysics, was one of the first scientists to apply the concepts and techniques of physics to the study of the excitation and response of living cells. His studies of electrical resistance in nerve cells, especially those of squid, laid the foundation for the rapid advance of neurophysiology in the 1930s and 1940s.