Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/199/48-56
Title
Papers relating to Lord Adrian's Royal Society memoir of Herbert S. Gasser
Date(s)
- 1956-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1889-1977)
Biographical history
Edgar Douglas Adrian was born on 30 November 1889, son of Alfred Douglas Adrian and his wife Flora, née Barton. He was educated at Westminster and admitted to Trinity College in 1908, becoming a Fellow in 1913 after studying Natural Sciences and Medicine.… read more
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of the executors of Lord Adrian, 1978.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research material, draft, proofs, and correspondence with the Royal Society and Mabel Bright of the Rockefeller Institute seeking Gasser's next-of-kin. The printed material consists of an offprint from The Journal of General Physiology, March 20, 1956,… read more
Allied materials area
Related units of description
See also the Papers of Lord Adrian.
Access points
Name access points
- Royal Society (Subject)
- Gasser, Herbert Spencer (1888-1963), physiologist (Subject)