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Born October 29, 1791 • Southwark • England
Died July 29, 1868 (aged 76) • London • England

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British biophysicist
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Sir Henry Dale, 1956.
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
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Sir Morell Mackenzie
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Allbutt, detail of a portrait by Sir William Orpen
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