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Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer

1850 - 1935

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Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (2 June 1850 – 29 March 1935) was a British physiologist. He is regarded as a founder of endocrinology: in 1894 he discovered and demonstrated the existence of adrenaline together with George Oliver, and he also coined the term "endocrine" for the secretions of the ductless glands. Schafer's method of artificial respiration is named after him. Schafer coined the word "insulin" after theorising that absence of a single substance normally produced by the pancreas was responsible for diabetes mellitus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer is the 594th most popular physician (up from 683rd in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,481st in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ranks 594 out of 726. Before him are Kamal Ranadive, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Oswaldo Cruz, Kenneth H. Cooper, Édouard Gagnon, and Dorothy Hansine Andersen. After him are Ludwig Traube, Richard Leach Maddox, Indira Nath, Metrodora, Giuseppe Pitrè, and Vilma Hugonnai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ranks 96. Before him are Robert Ridgway, Emma Abbott, Franziskus von Bettinger, Eduard Sievers, Hans von Berlepsch, and Tomás Bretón. After him are Paul von Plehwe, Hermann Möller, Zdenko Hans Skraup, László Lukács, Jane Ellen Harrison, and Ion Andreescu. Among people deceased in 1935, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ranks 123. Before him are Milman Parry, Alfred Roller, Herbert Giles, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Francisco Cepeda, and John Hartley. After him are Aimé Haegeman, Johan Ramstedt, Gerhard Louis De Geer, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Pieter Cort van der Linden, and Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ranks 3,828 out of 8,785. Before him are Rhona Mitra (1976), Dorothy Holman (1883), Gordon Haskell (1946), Ronald Knox (1888), Patrick Moore (1923), and Hanif Kureishi (1954). After him are William Kirby (1759), Andy Bell (1970), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Phil Neal (1951), Arthur Russell (1886), and Archie Panjabi (1972).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer ranks 55. Before him are Frederick Twort (1877), John Arbuthnot (1667), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Patrick Steptoe (1913), James Paget (1814), and Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899). After him are Richard Leach Maddox (1816), Sophia Jex-Blake (1840), Richard Doll (1912), Astley Cooper (1768), George E. P. Box (1919), and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783).

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