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British physiologist Sir Joseph Barcroft FRS (1872-1947)

Barcroft is best known for his studies at high altitude and the oxygenation of blood (West 2013; Longo 2016).

References:
West JB. Joseph Barcroft's studies of high-altitude physiology. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013;305(8):L523-9.
Longo LD. Sir Joseph Barcroft: one victorian physiologist's contributions to a half century of discovery. J Physiol 2016;594(5):1113-25.

(Source: Courtesy of the Wellcome Collection, London, England. Public domain mark.)

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