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Henry Hallett Dale

English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate1875 to 1968

Wikidata names Ernest Starling and John Newport Langley as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Ernest Starling
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John Newport Langley

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataErnest Starlingstated by WikidataJohn Newport Langley
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stated by WikidataMichael Fosterstated by WikidataWilhelm Kühne
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stated by WikidataFriedrich Wöhlerstated by WikidataRudolf Wagnerstated by WikidataThomas Henry Huxleystated by WikidataWilliam Sharpey
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stated by WikidataJohann Lukas Schönleinstated by WikidataJöns Jacob Berzeliusstated by WikidataLeopold Gmelinstated by WikidataThomas Wharton Jones

Education and career6

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Trinity College
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Tollington School
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The Leys School
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St Bartholomew's Hospital
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University College London
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University College London
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At a glance

known as: physician, neuroscientist, biochemist, physiologist, pharmacologist
awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1936, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, 1943, Copley Medal, 1937, Royal Medal, 1924, Schmiedeberg Badge, 1962, Albert Medal, 1956, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, Croonian Medal and Lecture, 1919, honorary doctorate of the University of Graz, Banting Medal, 1954, Baly Medal, 1921, Harveian Oration, 1935, Knight Bachelor, 1932, Order of Merit, 1944, Pour le Mérite, 1955, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1914, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1945, Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1952, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris, 1945, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1919, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, 1949, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
member of: Royal Society of London, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Russian Academy of Sciences, until 1949, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium, National Academy of Sciences, from 1940, American Philosophical Society, from 1939, Royal Society of Medicine
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@misc{academicancestry_Q72194,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Henry Hallett Dale: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q72194},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Henry Hallett Dale: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q72194