Sharpey‐Schafer, Edward Albert

Helen J Power, Wellcome Trust Centre, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002478

1850–1935 English physiologist, whose early work in histology and embryology was eclipsed by his later research in endocrinology, particularly the suprarenal and pituitary extracts and internal secretions of the pancreas.

Keywords: histology; physiology; endocrinology; pituitary body; adrenal gland

 Further Reading
    book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1972) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Hill L (1932–1935) Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer. 1850–1935. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1: 401–407.
    book Schäfer EA (ed.) (1898–1900) Textbook of Physiology. Edinburgh, UK: Y.J. Pentland.
    book Schäfer EA (ed.) (1916) The Endocrine Organs: An Introduction to the Study of Internal Secretion. London: Longmans.
    book Sharpey-Schafer EA (ed.) (1927) History of the Physiological Society During Its First Fifty Years. London: Cambridge University Press.

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Power, Helen J(Apr 2001) Sharpey‐Schafer, Edward Albert. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002478]