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Authorised form of nameRamon y Cajal; Santiago (1852 - 1934)
Dates1852 - 1934
NationalitySpanish
Place of birthPetilla de Aragon, Spain
Date of birth01 May 1852
Place of deathMadrid, Spain
Date of death17/10/1934
Research fieldNeuroanatomy
Neurohistology
ActivityCareer:
Apprentice to a barber, then to a cobbler
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1906
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election25/03/1909
RSActivityLectures:
Croonian 1894
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 425-441, plate, by C S Sherrington
References:
C E R Sherrington, 'Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952)' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 45-63
Notes:
O1 and DSB give later death date.
CodeNA8158
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1909/04Ramon y Cajal, Santiago: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/005350Ramon y Cajal, Santiago1993
IM/003731Ramon y Cajal, Santiagond
NLB/10/81Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Colonel Brooke24 September 1894
NLB/9/308Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Collings27 April 1894
NLB/8/1141Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Charles Scott Sherrington, [Fellow of the Royal Society]5 March 1894
NLB/8/1119Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs R & J Beck, 68 Cornhill, E.C.28 February 1894
NLB/10/869Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Dr Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society22 February 1895
NLB/9/86Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society22 March 1894
NLB/9/312Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society 27 April 1894
NLB/9/227Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Santiago Ramon y Cajal, University, Madrid19 April 1894
NLB/9/243Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society20 April 1894
NLB/9/424Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Charles Scott Sherrington, Fellow of the Royal Society17 May 1894
NLB/39/729Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr F [Frederick] W [Walker] Mott, Fellow of the Royal Society1 March 1909
NLB/40/292Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons17 May 1909
NLB/40/293Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons17 May 1909
NLB/9/145Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Santiago Ramon y Cajal 6 April 1894
NLB/8/1110Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, [Royal Society]26 February 1894
IM/003732Ramon y Cajal, Santiagond
MC/24/73Letter from [Frederick Walker] Mott, 25 Nottingham Place, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]26 February 1909
PP/23/32Paper, 'La fine structure des centres nerveux. The Croonian Lecture' [The structure of nerve centres] by Santiago Ramón y Cajal1894
MC/23/383Letter from [Magnus] Gustaf Retzius, Drottninggatan, Stockholm, to Professor [John Rose] Bradford, [Royal Society]22 March 1908
NLB/39/687Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr F [Frederick] W [Walker] Mott, Fellow of the Royal Society24 February 1909
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
MC/23/382Letter from [Magnus] Gustaf Retzius, Drottninggatan, Stockholm, to Professor [John Rose] Bradford, [Royal Society]5 March 1908
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