Giles Skey Brindley FRS (b. 1926) is a British physiologist whose audacious experiments and engineering brilliance helped launch modern visual prosthetics, neuro-urology, and the science of color vision.

A Cambridge-trained neuroscientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, Brindley pioneered cortical implants that restored rudimentary sight to blind volunteers, laid the physiological groundwork for color perception, and invented sacral nerve stimulators that remain the standard of care for restoring bladder control in spinal cord injury. In 1983, he famously dropped his trousers at a urology conference to demonstrate the efficacy of a self-administered injection for erectile dysfunction—an act widely credited with jumpstarting an entire field of therapeutics.

Beyond the lab, Brindley was also a composer, inventor of the electronic "logical bassoon," and a decorated masters athlete who completed the London Marathon in just over 3 hours. His legacy is a rare fusion of theoretical rigor, practical invention, and fearless showmanship.

Awards & Recognitions

• 1986: Fellow of the Royal Society(FRS)

Experience

• Lecturer

  University of London

• Lecturer

  University of Cambridge

Education

• MD

  University of Cambridge, London Hospital