professor of physiology (cambridge) professor of physiology (cambridge) the professorship of physiology, also known as the chair of physiology (1883), is a chair at the university of cambridge. in 2006, the department of physiology was merged with the department of anatomy to form the department of physiology, development and neuroscience where the chair is now based. list of professors of physiology michael foster (1883–1903) john newport langley (1903–1925) joseph barcroft (1926–1937) edgar adrian (1937–1951) bryan harold cabot matthews (1952–1973) richard darwin keynes (1973–1987) ian michael glynn (1986–1995) roger christopher thomas (1996–2006) ole paulsen (2010–present) this article is issued from wikipedia. the text is licensed under creative commons - attribution - sharealike. additional terms may apply for the media files.