Joseph Barcroft

Sir Joseph Barcroft ( born July 26, 1872 in The Glen, Newry, County Down, † March 21, 1947 in Cambridge ) was a British physiologist who conducted research mainly on the oxygenation of the blood and hemoglobin. From 1925 to 1937 he was professor of physiology at the University of Cambridge.

Barcroft was in 1910 as a member ( "Fellow" ) elected to the Royal Society, in 1922, the Royal Medal in 1943 and the Copley Medal awarded him. In 1918 he was awarded the Commander (CBE ) of the Order of the British Empire, 1935, he was knighted. In 1926 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

He was with Mary Agnetta ball, the daughter of Irish astronomer and mathematician Robert Stawell Ball, married.

Works

  • The respiratory function of the blood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914
  • Features in the architecture & physiological function. 1934
  • The brain and its environment. 1938
  • The dependence of the mind on its physical environment. 1938
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