Hester 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	Anne Keynes Richard Adrian (1927–1995) Jennet Campbell (b. 1927)
Parent(s)	Hume Chancellor Pinsent Ellen Pinsent

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.

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:

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