Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian

Richard Hume Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian FRS[1] (16 October 1927 – 4 April 1995) was a British peer and physiologist.

Coat of arms

Personal life

Adrian was born in Cambridge in 1927, the only son of Edgar Adrian and his wife Hester Pinsent, a mental health worker. His father won a Nobel Prize in 1932, was President of the Royal Society 1950–1955 and was created Baron Adrian in 1955.

In 1967 he married Lucy Caroe, historical geographer. She was the daughter of the architect Alban Caroe and her grandfathers were W. D. Caroe and William Bragg. They had no children, and on his death in 1995, the title Baron Adrian became extinct.

He was the great-uncle of Skandar Keynes, who had a leading role in the Chronicles of Narnia films.

Career

Richard Adrian was educated at Swarthmore College and Westminster School, followed by reading medicine at Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College, London. He pursued advanced research into cellular physiology, becoming Professor of Cell Physiology at Cambridge University in 1978. He was a fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge (1955–61) and Churchill College, Cambridge (1961-81) before becoming Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1981. He served as Master until 1992. He also served a term as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. Adrian was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his contributions to physiology in 1977.[1]

In 1977 he became the second Baron Adrian after the death of his father. He was active in politics in the House of Lords,[2] sitting as a cross-bencher.[3] He was a trustee of a number of national institutions, including the British Museum and the British Library.

Arms
Coat of arms of Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian
Crest
The astronomical sign of Mercury Or between two roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper.
Escutcheon
Vert three estoiles Argent on a chief Argent a lion passant Sable.
Supporters
On either side a lion Sable semee of pentacles Or.
Motto
Non Tempere Credere [4]
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References
  1. Huxley, A. (1997). "Richard Hume Adrian, D. L. 2nd Baron Adrian of Cambridge. 16 October 1927--4 April 1995: Elected F.R.S. 1977". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 43: 15. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1997.0002.
  2. Biographical Memoirs
  3. OBITUARY: Lord Adrian 8 April 1995.
  4. Burke's Peerage. 1959.
Academic offices
Preceded by
W. A. Camps		 Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
1981–1992		 Succeeded by
Roger Tomkys
Preceded by
John Butterfield, Baron Butterfield		 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
1985–1987		 Succeeded by
Michael McCrum
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edgar Adrian		 Baron Adrian
1977–1995		 Extinct
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