Person Bayliss; Sir; William Maddock (1860 - 1924); physiologist Bayliss William Maddock Sir physiologist 1860 - 1924 British Male Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England 02 May 1860 18600502 His Hampstead home, St Cuthberts, West Heath Road, London, England 27/08/1924 19240827

physiologist Biochemistry Physical chemistry Hormones Physiology Education: BSc (Lond); MA; DSc (Oxon) Creer: Apprenticed at the Wolverhampton Hospital, but he never completed his medical training; entered University College, London, gaining a medical entrance scholarship the following year, and coming under the influence of Edwin Ray Lankester (FRS 1875) and, especially, John Scott Burdon-Sanderson (FRS 1867) (1880); entered Wadham College with the intention of developing his career in physiology (1885); taught physiology at Oxford; returned to University College (1888) where a professorship of general physiology was created for him (1912); sued Stephen Coleridge, secretary of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, for libel, after allegations of cruelty to an experimental animal. Bayliss won the ‘Brown Dog’ case and £2000 in damages, which he donated to University College for the support of physiological research (1903); founded, with others, the Biochemical Society (1914); contributed work to the field of wound shock, which resulted in the use of gum-saline solutions to replace lost blood, a treatment which met with considerable success with over 50,000 litres of gum-saline being sent out to the British forces in France in 1918 (1914-1918). Memberships: Physiological Society Biochemical Society Honours: Kt 1922 Medals/Awards: Baly medal (1917) Parents: Moses Bayliss, manufacturer of ironware, and Jane Maddock. Spouse: Gertrude Ellen Starling, daughter of Matthew Henry Starling, clerk of the crown, Bombay (1893). Children: Three sons and one daughter. Known for Secretin and Peristalsis. Co-discoverer, with the British physiologist Ernest Starling (FRS 1899), of hormones. Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1911; Copley Medal 1919 Council: (1913–15) Lectures: Croonian 1904 (jointly) Fellow 11/06/1903 43 John Burdon Sanderson; Francis Gotch; John Newport Langley; Edward Albert Schafer; Ernest Henry Starling ; William Dobinson Halliburton; John Rose Bradford; Sidney Harris Cox Martin; Augustus Desire Waller; Arthur Gamgee Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1926 vol 99 pp xxvii-xxxii, plate, signed by J B Notes: DSB gives place of birth as Wednesbury, Staffordshire, and place of death as London. References: W van der Kloot, 'Ernest Starling's analysis of the energy balance of the German people during the blockade, 1914-19' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 185-193 A F Bristow, T Barrowcliffe and D R Bangham, 'Standardization of biological medicines: the first hundred years, 1900-2000' in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 271-289 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=Bayliss%2C+William+Maddock RCN 26926 RCN 26927 RCN 13594 RCN 22295 2 May 1860 - 27 Aug 1924 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 20/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7858 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 20/03/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/59869965 5425bce8-5a3a-4457-92ca-00896a161920