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Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM FRS HonFREng (22 November 1917 – 30 May 2012) was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After leaving Westminster School in central London, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, on a scholarship, after which he joined Alan Hodgkin to study nerve impulses.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963 was awarded jointly to Sir John Carew Eccles, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Fielding Huxley "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane"
Jun 5, 2012 · Sir Andrew Huxley, a British scientist from an illustrious family whose boyhood mechanical skills led to a career in physiology — “the mechanical engineering of living things,” he called it — and...
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May 30, 2012 · Andrew Fielding Huxley. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963. Born: 22 November 1917, Hampstead, United Kingdom. Died: 30 May 2012, Grantchester, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University College, London, United Kingdom.
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley (born November 22, 1917, Hampstead, London, England—died May 30, 2012, Cambridge) was an English physiologist, cowinner (with Sir Alan Hodgkin and Sir John Carew Eccles) of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Jun 27, 2012 · Andrew Fielding Huxley made three crucial discoveries in physiology and biophysics. For establishing how ions carry electrical signals in nerves, he shared the Nobel prize with Alan...
May 31, 2012 · Sir Andrew Huxley, who has died aged 94, was one of the great scientists and university administrators of our time – a Nobel laureate, a master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and an...
