Who was Sir Alan Hodgkin?
Q: Who was Sir Alan Hodgkin?
A: Sir Alan Hodgkin was an English physiologist and biophysicist.
Q: What was Sir Alan Hodgkin awarded the Nobel Prize for?
A: Sir Alan Hodgkin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963 along with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles "for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane".
Q: What did Hodgkin and Huxley suggest about cell membranes?
A: Hodgkin and Huxley suggested the existence of ion channels in cell membranes, which was confirmed decades later.
Q: When was Sir Alan Hodgkin knighted?
A: Sir Alan Hodgkin was knighted in 1972.
Q: What was Sir Alan Hodgkin appointed to in 1973?
A: Sir Alan Hodgkin was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1973.
Q: When was Sir Alan Hodgkin President of the Royal Society?
A: Sir Alan Hodgkin was President of the Royal Society from 1970 to 1975.
Q: Who else won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963?
A: Andrew Huxley and John Eccles also won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963 along with Sir Alan Hodgkin.
