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Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin OM KBE FRS (5 February 1914 – 20 December 1998) was an English physiologist and biophysicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles.
Sir Alan Hodgkin was an English physiologist and biophysicist, who received (with Andrew Fielding Huxley and Sir John Eccles) the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the chemical processes responsible for the passage of impulses along individual nerve fibres.
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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"
Dec 20, 1998 · Alan Lloyd Hodgkin. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963. Born: 5 February 1914, Banbury, United Kingdom. Died: 20 December 1998, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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". To cite this section.
Jan 14, 1999 · Alan Hodgkin, who died on 20 December 1998, was one of the greatest physiologists of the century. He set the foundations for much of modern neuroscience by explaining the origin of the...
A tribute to the neurophysiologist who explained the nerve impulse and ion channels, and won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The article covers his life, work, achievements and legacy in neuroscience and science policy.
