Alan Hodgkin

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Alan Hodgkin was a British physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes and the generation of nerve impulses.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
human
neuroscientist
physiologist
academicPosition Professor of Biophysics at University of Cambridge
almaMater Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
awardYear 1963
birthCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
birthDate 1914-02-05
birthPlace Banbury
causeOfDeath stroke
coAuthor Andrew Huxley
Bernard Katz
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
surface form: Second World War
deathDate 1998-12-20
developedModel Hodgkin–Huxley model
surface form: Hodgkin–Huxley model of the action potential
educatedAt University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
electedFellowOf Royal Society
electionToRoyalSocietyYear 1948
employer University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Hodgkin
fieldOfWork biophysics
neurophysiology
physiology
fullName Alan Hodgkin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
givenName Alan
influenced ion channel biophysics
modern computational neuroscience
knownFor Hodgkin–Huxley model
action potential theory
generation of nerve impulses
ionic mechanisms of nerve cell membranes
memberOf Royal Society
militaryService Royal Air Force
nationality British
notableStudent Richard Keynes
positionHeld President of the Royal Society
residence Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge
sharedNobelPrizeWith Andrew Huxley
John Eccles
spouse Marni Hodgkin
studiedOrganism squid giant axon
termAsPresidentOfRoyalSocietyEnd 1975
termAsPresidentOfRoyalSocietyStart 1970

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Hodgkin hasNotableBearer Alan Hodgkin