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Henry Hallett Dale

Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

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Born
June 9, 1875
Died
July 23, 1968
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1875

About Henry Hallett Dale

Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi. Although Dale and his colleagues first identified acetylcholine in 1914 as a possible neurotransmitter, Loewi showed its importance in the nervous system. Dale became the director of the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the National Institute for Medical Research in London in 1914.

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Henry Hallett Dale timeline

  1. Although Dale and his colleagues first identified acetylcholine in 1914 as a possible neurotransmitter, Loewi showed its importance in the nervous system.
  2. Dale became the director of the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the National Institute for Medical Research in London in 1914.

The world when Henry Hallett Dale was born

Henry Hallett Dale was born in 1875. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Kentucky Derby — won by Aristides
  • Top headlineCivil Rights Act of 1875 passed
  • Technology milestoneFirst Kentucky Derby horse race
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population42.6M

1875 versus 2026

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Measure18752026
Population42.6M341 million

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