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 researched primarily on the oxygenation of the blood and hemoglobin . From 1925 to 1937 he was professor of physiology at Cambridge University .
Barcroft was elected in 1910 as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which awarded him the Royal Medal in 1922 and the Copley Medal in 1943 . In 1918 he was awarded the Commander (CBE) of the Order of the British Empire , in 1935 he was made a Knight Bachelor . In 1926 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1938 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1939 to the National Academy of Sciences . In 1943 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . The Barcroft Islands in Antarctica have been named after him in his honor since 1965 .
He was married to Mary Agnetta Ball , the daughter of the Irish astronomer and mathematician Robert Stawell Ball .
Works
- The respiratory function of the blood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914
- Features in the architecture and physiological function. 1934
- The brain and its environment. 1938
- The dependence of the mind on its physical environment. 1938
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Barcroft in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry to Barcroft; Sir; Joseph (1872-1947) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 27, 2015
- ^ Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 8, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Barcroft, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Glen , Newry , County Down |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1947 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |