Edwin Bennett Astwood (December 19, 1909 – February 17, 1976) was a Bermudian-American physiologist and endocrinologist, his research on endocrine system led to treatments for hyperthyroidism. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1949. In 1948, he was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh. He died of cancer on February 17, 1976, in Hamilton, Bermuda. References Cooper, D. Y. Astwood, Edwin Bennett. American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. External links National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir 1909 births 1976 deaths American physiologists American endocrinologists Recipients of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20th-century American physicians Deaths from cancer in Bermuda Bermudian emigrants to the United States