John Newport Langley

John Newport Langley ( born November 2, 1852 in Newbury, Berkshire, England; † November 5, 1925 in Cambridge ) was a British physiologist and histologist.

Langley attended the Grammar School of Exeter and then the St John's College, University of Cambridge. He received in 1875 a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, 1878 and 1896, the ScD. Langley in 1877 and again by re-election in 1885 "Fellow" of the Trinity College of Cambridge University. At this college he was a lecturer. At the University of Cambridge was Langley was 1883-1903 Lecturer, then from 1903 to 1925 professor of physiology.

Langley led in 1898 the concept of autonomic nervous system a.

Honors

1883 Langley was elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society, in 1892, the Royal Medal awarded him and the Vice President, he was later. Langley was a member of the Neurological Society of Great Britain and in 1893 its president.

Works

• A course of elementary practical physiology and histology. 1888, 1896, 1899
• The Autonomic Nervous System. 1903, 1905, 1921
• Experimental Physiology. 1910
• Practical Histology. 1901; 3rd ed 1920
• On the reaction of cells and of nerve- endings to Certain poisons, chiefly as regards the reaction of striated muscle to nicotine and to curari. Journal of Physiology 33, 374-413, 1905.
• Croonian Lecture. - On nerve endings and on special excitable substances in cells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 78, 170-194, 1906.