Blue plaque № 59782

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935) FRS ERSE. Physiologist. Professor of Physiology, University of Edinburgh from 1899-1933. A founder of The Physiological Society and of The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology. Sharpey-Schafer pioneered the discipline of endocrinology and co-discovered

the pressor effects of adrenaline.

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