Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer was born in London on 2 June 1850. He began his career at University College, London, where he became Assistant Professor of Physiology, 1874-1883, then Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Anatomy at University College, 1883-1899. Between 1899 and 1933, Sharpey-Schafer was Professor of Physiology at Edinburgh University. His most striking work was that associated with the endocrine organs and his observations on cutaneous sensation were also important. Sharpey-Schafer's name is associated too with the Schafer method of artificial respiration. Apart from many journal articles he has published the Essentials of histology, a Text-book of physiology, and The endocrine organs . Professor Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer died on 29 March 1935.
From the guide to the Lectures and Correspondence of Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935), 20th century, (Edinburgh University Library)
