William Bayliss
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1860 – 1924
Who was William Bayliss?
Sir William Maddock Bayliss was an English physiologist.
He was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and gained a B.Sc from London University. He graduated MA and DSc in physiology from Wadham College, Oxford.
Bayliss and Ernest Henry Starling discovered the peptide hormone secretin and peristalsis of the intestines. The Bayliss Effect is named after him. He was also involved in the Brown Dog affair, successfully suing Stephen Coleridge for libel over accusations he made about Bayliss's vivisection work.
In 1893 Bayliss married Gertrude Ellen Starling, the sister of Ernest Starling.
Bayliss was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1903. He jointly delivered their Croonian lecture in 1904 and was awarded their Royal Medal in 1911 and their Copley Medal in 1919. He was knighted for his contribution to medicine in 1922.
Bayliss died in London in 1924.
The Bayliss and Starling Society was founded in 1979 as a forum for scientists with research interests in central and autonomic peptide function.
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- Born
- May 2, 1860
Wednesbury - Also known as
- Бейлисс, Уильям Мэддок
- 威廉·贝利斯
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Oxford
- University College London
- Wadham College, Oxford
- Died
- Aug 27, 1924
London
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on July 23, 2013
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