Person Horridge; George Adrian (1927 - 2024); neurobiologist Horridge George Adrian neurobiologist 1927 - 2024 British Male Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 12/12/1927 19271212 Australia 03/04/2024 20230430

neurobiologist Oceanography Invertebrate zoology Vertebrate zoology Biological models Cellular neuroscience Materials Science Environmental sciences Neurobiology Education: University of Cambridge BA (1948); MA (1949); PhD (1952); ScD (1956) Career: Assistant at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (1953 - 1954); Director of the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrew's University (1956 - 1968); Lecturer then Reader in Zoology, St Andrew's University (1956 - 1968); Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, USA (1959 - 1960); Professor of Neurobiology, Australian National University, Canberra (1968 - 1993); Visiting Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford University (1972 - 1973); Visiting Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge (1976 - 1977). Memberships: Australian Academy of Science Awards/Medals: Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in the biological sciences 2001 Parents: George William Horridge (1897-1981) and Olive (1899-1995), daughter of Albert Stray, who owned a chain of sweetshops. Spouse: Audrey (1930-2013), daughter of Rev. Harcourt Robert Henry Lightburne, vicar of St Mary's, Upchurch, Kent. She was responsible for the Service for Overseas Students- coordinating over 30,000 nationwide- with the Australian Development Agency, and formerly a social planner with the National Capital Development Commission. Children: Four daughters and one son. Distinguished for analysis of coelenterate nervous systems, sliding microtubules in ctenophore cilia, conditioning in headless insects, and pitch discrimination in locusts. He wrote the 1965 book Nervous Systems of Invertebrates with Theodore H. Bullock and works on insect photoreceptor optics and responses, optokinetic memory, and control of crab eye movements. Investigated exact neural connexions of insect photoreceptors with Ian Meinertzhagen and light guides in insect eyes with Allan Snyder. Adrian also initiated a programme on optic flow in insect vision, pursuing applications in robot and drone vision with Mandyam Srinivasan. Of his 51 PhD students, half became professors. Eight of his group have become Fellows of the Royal Society. He published What Does the Honeybee See? (2009) and showed that bees detect simple features, not shapes, and distinguish coloured patterns by the arrangement of edges, causing modulation in green and blue receptors combined with monochromatic content of blue. In maritime anthropology, Adrian described the lashed-lug and other traditional construction methods and ceremonies of the sailing and canoe fleets of Indonesia. Fellow 20/03/1969 41 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Adrian Horridge FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/adrian-horridge-11644/; last accessed: 29/01/2025] Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Horridge, George Adrian (Adrian) (1927 - 2024), [URL: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000505b.htm; last accessed: 29/01/2025] Australian Academy of Science, Fellows update: May 2024, 31 May 2024, [URL: https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/may-2024-182/fellows-update; last accessed: 29/01/2025] 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=Horridge%2C+George+Adrian RCN R83801 RCN R83859 RCN R83802 RCN 19052 RCN 8405 RCN 8406 RCN 12038 RCN 11053 RCN 8723 RCN 43956 RCN 13831 RCN 19051 RCN 7257 RCN R83448 RCN 7313 RCN 7312 RCN 14652 RCN 14653 RCN R84002 RCN R80528 12 Dec 1927 - 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 29/01/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5477 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/11/2025 RS_NET\katherinem Yes 225e7f3d-6558-4ceb-b132-b9c26397f1fc