Person Matthews; Sir; Bryan Harold Cabot (1906 - 1986); physiologist Matthews Bryan Harold Cabot Sir physiologist 1906 - 1986 British Male Clifton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom 14 June 1906 19060614 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom 22 July 1986 19860722

Physiologist Electrophysiology Musculature Physiology Education: Clifton College, Bristol; King's College, Cambridge 1926-1927 Career: Fellow of Kings's College, Cambridge (1929-1932); head of the Royal Air Force's Physiological Research Unit (1939-1945); head of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (1944-6); Assistant Director of Research, Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge; professor of physiology, Cambridge (1952-1973). Honours: CBE 1944; Kt 1952 Parents: Harold Evan Matthews, manufacturing pharmacist, who had a factory and shop in Clifton, and Sarah Susannah (Ruby) Harrison, pharmacist. Brother: Leonard Harrison Matthews FRS 1954 Spouse: 1) (m. 1926) Rachel Katherine (d. 1994), daughter of Gustav Eckhard, Manchester shipping agent, and sister of the wife of the economist F. W. Paish; 2) (m. 1970) Audrey Wentworth, widow of Air Vice-Marshal William Kilpatrick Stewart and daughter of Francis Tyndale, a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Children: One son and two daughters from his first marriage. By his design of instruments and development of experimental methods Matthews has greatly influenced the progress of electrophysiology. His own investigations have shown a high degree of originality and clear thinking, besides experimental skill. He has added much to our knowledge of the sense organs and his recent work on the spinal cord has revealed a new kind of interaction between neurons, clearly an important factor in the mechanism of the nervous system. Royal Society roles: VP 1956-1958 Fellow 14/03/1940 33 Thomas Renton Elliott Thomas Lewis Francis Hugh Adam Marshall Joseph Barcroft James Gray Charles Scott Sherrington Edgar Douglas Adrian Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1990 vol 35 pp 263-279, plate, by Sir John Gray References: J K Bradley and E M Tansey, 'The Coming of the Electronic Age to the Cambridge Physiological Laboratory: E D Adrian's Valve Amplifier in 1921' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 217-228 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Matthews%2C+Bryan+Harold+Cabot 14 Jun 1906 - 22 Jul 1986 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 16/07/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1318 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 16/07/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 23119005-cb8d-4703-891a-a285b4f5a787