Person Phillips; Charles Garrett (1916 - 1994); neurophysiologist Phillips Charles Garrett neurophysiologist 1916 - 1994 British Male London, England, United Kingdom 13 October 1916 19161013 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom 09 September 1994 19940909

Neurophysiologist Neuroanatomy Anatomy Physiology Neurophysiology Education: Bigshotte School, Wokingham 1926–30; Bradfield College, Berkshire 1930–35; Magdalen College, Oxford 1935–9; BM BCh (Oxon.) 1942 Career: Called up into the army and worked in Military Hospital for Head Injuries, which was set up in St Hugh's College, Oxford (1943-1945); returned to academia after the end of the war and became fellow and medical tutor of Trinity College (1946-66); promoted to a personal professorship in neurophysiology (1966-75); secretary of the Physiological Society (1960-66); editor-in-chief of Brain (1975-81); Dr Lee's professor of anatomy (1975-83). Memberships: Medical Research Council 1980-84 Parents: George Ramsay Phillips (1880–1953), anaesthetist, and Flora, née Green (1886–1956), nurse. Spouse: (m. 5 June 1942) Cynthia Mary Broster (b. 1919), daughter of Lennox Ross Broster, surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Children: Catherine (b. 1945) and Helen (b. 1946). Distinguished for research on the physiology of the nervous system, particularly in relation to the control of muscular contraction. His first investigations in this field were on the pyramidal tract and on the motor cortex. Studied the cells of origin of the tract with superb intracellular technique, so providing the definitive descriptions of the electrical responses of cortical pyramidal cells. His investigations on the electrical responses of individual nerve cells in the cerebellum are an important contribution to cerebellar physiology. Investigated the control of movement at lower levels, with precise studies both of the many factors causing motor nerve cell discharge and of the muscle contractions so produced. Lectures: Ferrier 1968 Fellow 21/03/1963 46 Geoffrey Wingfield Harris Ivan de Burgh Daly Ernest Basil Verney Andrew Fielding Huxley William Drummond Macdonald Paton John Zachary Young Adrian Richard Darwin Keynes David Whitteridge Edward George Tandy Liddell John Carew Eccles Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 339-362, plate, by Robert Porter 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/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1996.0021 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Phillips%2C+Charles+Garrett RCN 20110 RCN 11231 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH6726 13 Oct 1916 - 9 Sep 1994 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. NA2110 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes a9cc2c5a-5658-406a-8361-b499c53c47f0