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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Nobel laureate
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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
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Bernard Katz ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
World War II
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Second World War
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| deathDate | 1998-12-20 ⓘ |
| developedModel |
Hodgkin–Huxley model
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Hodgkin–Huxley model of the action potential
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| educatedAt | University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedFellowOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| electionToRoyalSocietyYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| employer | University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hodgkin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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neurophysiology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alan Hodgkin
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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
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| givenName | Alan ⓘ |
| influenced |
ion channel biophysics
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modern computational neuroscience ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hodgkin–Huxley model
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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
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Cambridge
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| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Andrew Huxley
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John Eccles ⓘ |
| spouse | Marni Hodgkin ⓘ |
| studiedOrganism | squid giant axon ⓘ |
| termAsPresidentOfRoyalSocietyEnd | 1975 ⓘ |
| termAsPresidentOfRoyalSocietyStart | 1970 ⓘ |
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Alan Lloyd Hodgkin