John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
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Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA[3] (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.[2]
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Born | John Carew Eccles (1903-01-27)27 January 1903 Melbourne, Australia |
Died | 2 May 1997(1997-05-02) (aged 94) |
Citizenship | Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne (MD) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
Known for | Work on the synapse Interactionism |
Spouse(s) | Irene Frances Miller Eccles (1928–1968; divorced), Helena T. Eccles (1968–1997; his death) |
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Fields | Neuroscience Philosophy of mind |
Institutions | Australian National University Northwestern University University of Chicago |
Doctoral advisor | C. S. Sherrington |
Doctoral students | Wilfrid Rall Stephen Kuffler Rodolfo Llinás |
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