Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian

Dame
Hester Agnes Adrian
Baroness Adrian, DBE
Born Hester Agnes Pinsent
(1899-09-16)September 16, 1899
Harborne, Staffordshire
Died May 20, 1966(1966-05-20) (aged 66)
Citizenship United Kingdom
Occupation Mental health worker
Spouse(s) Edgar Adrian (m. 1923)
Children
Parent(s)

Hester Agnes Adrian, Baroness Adrian, DBE (née Pinsent; 16 September 1899 – 20 May 1966) was a British mental health worker. In 1965, the year before her death, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contributions.

Biography

Hester Agnes Pinsent was born in 1899, the only daughter of Hume Chancellor Pinsent (a relative of the philosopher David Hume) and his wife Dame Ellen Pinsent (née Parker).

She married Edgar Douglas Adrian on 14 June 1923. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1932, and he was President of the Royal Society from 1950-1955. They had three children, a daughter and mixed twins:

References

  1. Peter Townend, ed., Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970), p. 27


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