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Sir David Ferrier
Born(1843-01-13)13 January 1843
Died19 March 1928(1928-03-19) (aged 85)
AwardsCameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1891)

Sir David Ferrier FRS (13 January 1843 – 19 March 1928) was a pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist. Ferrier conducted experiments on the brains of animals such as monkeys and in 1881 became the first scientist to be prosecuted under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 which had been enacted following a major public debate over vivisection.

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