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The '''Ferrier Lecture''' is a Royal Society lectureship given every three years "on a subject related to the advancement of natural knowledge on the structure and function of the nervous system".<ref name="frs1">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=1795|title=The Ferrier Lecture (1928)|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate=2 July 2009}}</ref> It was created in 1928 to honour the memory of Sir David Ferrier, a neurologist who was the first British scientist to electronically stimulate the brain for the purpose of scientific study.<ref name="frs1"/>
In its 90-year history, the Lecture has been given 30 times. It has never been given more than once by the same person. The first female to be awarded the honour was Prof. Christine Holt in 2017. The first lecture was given in 1929 by [[Biography:Charles Scott Sherrington|Charles Scott Sherrington]], and was titled ''"Some functional problems attaching to convergence"''.<ref name="pfl">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1796|title=Previous Ferrier lectures 2004- 1929|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate=2 July 2009}}</ref> The most recent lecturer was provided by Prof. Christine Holt, who presented a lecture in 2017 titled ''"understanding of the key molecular mechanisms involved in nerve growth, guidance and targeting which has revolutionised our knowledge of growing axon tips"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/03/ferrier-lecture/|title=Wiring up the brain: How axons navigate|website=royalsociety.org}}</ref> In 1971, the lecture was given by two individuals (David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel) on the same topic, with the title ''"The function and architecture of the visual cortex"''.<ref name="pfl"/>

==List of Lecturers==
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|1929||{{sortname|Charles Scott|Sherrington|}}||''"Some functional problems attaching to convergence"''||<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacobson|first=Marcus|title=Foundations of neuroscience|publisher=Springer|date=1993|edition=2nd|page=2|isbn=978-0-306-44540-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iFXBY299ikgC&q=%22Ferrier+Lecture%22+Charles+Scott+Sherrington}}</ref>
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|1932||{{sortname|C. U. Ariëns|Kappers|}}||''"Some correlations between skull and brain"'' ||<ref>{{cite journal|date=11 June 1932|title=Societies and Academies|journal=Nature|volume=129 |issue=3267|pages=878–879|issn=0028-0836| doi= 10.1038/129878a0|bibcode=1932Natur.129..878. |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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|1935||{{sortname|Otto|Loewi|}}||''"Problems connected with the principle of humeral transmission of nervous impulses"''|| –
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|1938||{{sortname|Edgar Douglas|Adrian|}}||''"Some problems of localization in the central nervous system"''||<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moruzzi|first=Giuseppe|title= In memoriam Lord Adrian (1889–1977) |journal=Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology|year=1980 |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|volume=87|pages=1–24 |doi=10.1007/BFb0030894 |pmid=6999582 |isbn=3-540-09944-1 |issn=0303-4240}}</ref>
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|1941||{{sortname|Frederic Charles|Bartlett|}}||''"Fatigue following highly skilled work"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ppsis.cam.ac.uk/bartlett/Intellectual%20Biography.htm|title=Sir Fredrick Bartlett (1886–1969). An Intellectual Biography|publisher=[[Organization:University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge]]|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1944||{{sortname|Gordon Morgan|Holmes|}}||''"The organization of the visual cortex in man"''||<ref>{{cite journal|date=2007|title=Gordon Holmes lecture: Gordon Holmes and the neurological heritage|journal=Brain|volume=130|issue=1|pages=288–98|issn=1460-2156|url=http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/130/1/288|pmid=17178743|doi=10.1093/brain/awl335|author1=McDonald|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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|1947||{{sortname|Wilder|Penfield|}}||''"Some observations of the cerebral cortex of Man"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=159|title=RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada : Flavelle Medal Award|publisher=Royal Society of Canada|accessdate=3 July 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014125533/http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=159|archivedate=October 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|1950||{{sortname|John Zachary|Young|}}||''"Growth and plasticity in the nervous system"''|| –
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|1953||{{sortname|Francis Martin Rouse|Walshe|}}||''"The contribution of clinical observation to cerebral physiology"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/guidew-z.htm#FMRWalsh|title=Guide W-Z|publisher=[[Organization:University of Bath|University of Bath]]|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1956||{{sortname|Wilfrid Edward Le Gros|Clark|}}||''"Inquiries into the anatomical basis of olfactory discrimination"''||<ref>{{cite journal|date=1 December 1956|title=Medical News|journal=British Medical Journal|page=1316|url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/issue_pdf/admin_pdf/2/5004.pdf|accessdate=3 July 2009|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.5004.1315|volume=2|issue=5004|s2cid=4807333 }}</ref>
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|1959||{{sortname|John Carew|Eccles|}}||''"The nature of central inhibitory action"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/eccles.htm |title=AAS-Biographical memoirs-Eccles |publisher=Australian Academy of Science |accessdate=3 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907074853/http://www.science.org.au/academy/memoirs/eccles.htm |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>
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|1962||{{sortname|William Albert Hugh|Rushton|}}||''"Visual adaptation"''||<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rushton|first=W.A.H.|date=1962|title=The Ferrier Lecture, 1962: Visual Adaptation|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London|volume=162|issue=986|pages=20–46|doi=10.1098/rspb.1965.0024|pmid=14296430|s2cid=129301526 }}</ref>
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|1965||{{sortname|Stephen William|Kuffler|}}||''"Physiological properties of vertebrate and invertebrate neurological cells and the movement of substances through the nervous system"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=skuffler.html|title=Stephen W. Kuffler August 24, 1913 — October 11, 1980 By John G. Nicholls|last=Nicholls|first=John|publisher=National Academies Press|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1968||{{sortname|Charles Garrett|Phillips|}}||''"Studies of a primates brain and hand"''||<ref>{{cite journal|last=Porter|first=Robert|date=November 1996|title=Charles Garrett Phillips. 13 October 1916 – 9 September 1994|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|publisher=The Royal Society|volume=42|pages=341–362|issn=1748-8494|pmid=11619335|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1996.0021|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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|1971||{{sortname|David Hunter|Hubel|}} and Torsten Nils Wiesel||''"The function and architecture of the visual cortex"''||<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~icbv071/Readings/1981-Hubel-Evolution_of_Ideas_on_the_Primary_Visual_Cortex-1955-1978-A_Biased_Historical_Account.pdf|last=Hubel|first=David|date=8 December 1981|title=1981 Nobel Lecture|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1974||{{sortname|Wilhelm Siegmund|Feldberg|}}||''"Body temperature and fever, changes in our views during the last decade"''||<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51909|title=Oxford DNB article: Feldberg, Wilhelm Siegmund (subscription needed)|date=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51909 |accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1977||{{sortname|Janos|Szentagothai|}}||''"The neuron network of the cerebral cortex, a functional interpretation"''||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-john-szentagothai-1449193.html|title=Obituary: Professor John Szentagothai |newspaper=The Independent|accessdate=3 July 2009 | location=London | first=Peter | last=Somogyi | date=17 September 1994}}</ref>
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|1980||{{sortname|Horace Basil|Barlow|}}||''"Cerebral cortex and the design of the eye"''|| –
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|1983||{{sortname|Leslie Lars|Iversen|}}||''"Amino acids and peptides: fast and slow chemical signals in the nervous system"''|| –
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|1986||{{sortname|Giles|Brindley|}}||''"The actions of parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves in human micturition, erection and seminal emission, and their restoration in paraplegic patients by implanted electrical stimulators"''|| –
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|1989 ||{{sortname|Lawrence|Weiskrantz|}}||''"Side glances at blindsight, recent approaches to implicit discrimination in human cortical blindness"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baylor.edu/reynolds_lecture_series/index.php?id=38921|title=Lawrence Weiskrantz|publisher=[[Organization:Baylor University|Baylor University]]|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1992||{{sortname|Gerald|Westheimer|}}||''"Seeing depth with two eyes, stereopsis"''||<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography|editor=Larry R. Squire|publisher=[[Company:Elsevier|Elsevier]]|date=2006|volume=5|isbn=978-0-12-370514-3|url=http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/history_of_neuroscience/hon_vol_5/c16.pdf|access-date=3 July 2009|author=Ed. By larry r. Squire}}</ref>
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|1995||{{sortname|Semir|Zeki|}}||''"Behind the scene: an exploration of the visual brain"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artandmind.org/pages/Patrons/Zeki.htm|title=Art and Mind Semir Zeki|publisher=Art and Mind|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|1998||{{sortname|Jean-Pierre|Changeux|}}||''"The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and synaptic plasticity"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/neubiomol/news.html|title=News from Jean-Pierre CHANGEUX's laboratory|publisher=Institut Pasteur|accessdate=3 July 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028074357/http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/unites/neubiomol/news.html|archivedate=October 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2001||{{sortname|Andrew|Lumsden|Andrew Lumsden (scientist)}}||''"Patterning the embryonic brain"''|| –
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|2004||{{sortname|Alan|Cowey|}}||''"Magnetic brain stimulation: what can it tell us about brain function?"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=3755|title=News: Distinguished neurosciences expert delivers Ferrier lecture|date=12 November 2004|publisher=University of Durham|accessdate=3 July 2009}}</ref>
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|2007||{{sortname|Marc|Tessier-Lavigne|}}||''"Brain development and brain repair: Molecules and mechanisms that control neuronal wiring"''|| –
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|2010||{{sortname|Colin|Blakemore|}}||''"Plasticity of the brain: the key to human development, cognition and evolution"''|| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/Ferrier-lecture-2010/ |title=Royal Society Events Diary |date=15 March 2010 |accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref>
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|2013||{{sortname|John|O'Keefe|John O'Keefe (neuroscientist)}}||''"cognitive neuroscience, especially on the role of the hippocampus, and the mechanisms supporting memory and cognition"''||<ref name = rsF>{{cite web|url = http://royalsociety.org/awards/ferrier-lecture/|title= Ferrier Lecture|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate = 12 September 2013}}</ref>
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|2017||{{sortname|Christine|Holt|}}||''"understanding of the key molecular mechanisms involved in nerve growth, guidance and targeting which has revolutionised our knowledge of growing axon tips"''||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/ferrier-lecture/|title=Ferrier Medal and Lecture|date=2017|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>
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|2019|| {{sortname|Ray|Dolan|Raymond Joseph Dolan}} || ''"for his work charting the brain activity related to fundamental aspects of human conduct and behaviour"''|| <ref> {{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/ferrier-lecture/|title=Ferrier Lecture and Medal|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=5 October 2019}} </ref>
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|2021|| {{sortname|Daniel|Wolpert}} || ''"for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of how the brain controls movement. Using theoretical and experimental approaches he has elucidated the computational principles underlying skilled motor behaviour."''|| <ref> {{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/ferrier-lecture/|title=Ferrier Lecture and Medal|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=5 October 2019}} </ref>
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|2022|| {{sortname|Richard G.|Morris}} || ''"for greatly advancing the understanding of the physiological and psychological processes underlying memory."''|| <ref> {{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2022/08/medals-and-awards-2022|title=The Royal Society announces this year's medal and award winners|publisher=Royal Society|accessdate=26 August 2022}} </ref>
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==References==
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*{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1796|title=Previous Ferrier lectures 2004- 1929|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate=2 June 2009}}
*{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=1795|title=The Ferrier Lecture (1928)|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate=2 July 2009}}
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