Sir Charles Sherrington |
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Sir Charles Sherrington was born in
London, England in November 1857 and educated at Caius College,
Cambridge. A physiologist by trade and a teacher by profession, he was
Professor of Pathology at London University from 1891-1895 and was later
the Professor of Physiology at both the University of Liverpool and
Magdalen College. Sherrington studied neurophysiology with Dr. Santiago
Ramon Y Cajal and his research on the nervous system is considered to be
the landmark in physiological studies. Knighted by King George V in
1922, he was awarded a co-Nobel Laureate in Medicine with Lord Edgar
Douglas Adrian in 1932 for their discoveries regarding the functions of
neurons. Although most remembered for his scientific contributions to
neurophysiology, Sherrington's research focused on spinal reflexes as
well as the physiology of perception, reaction and behavior. At the time
of his death in March 1952, Sherrington had published more than 200
technical papers on the nervous system, bacteriology, physiology, spinal
reflexes and cancer.
"It is as if the Milky Way entered upon some cosmic dance. Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern, always a meaningful pattern though never an abiding one; a shifting harmony of subpatterns." --Sir Charles Scott Sherrington |