Oliver Sacks: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Oliver Wolf Sacks
Born July 9, 1933 • London • England
Died August 30, 2015 (aged 82) • New York City • New York
Notable Works ā€œA Leg to Stand Onā€ • ā€œAn Anthropologist on Marsā€ • ā€œAwakeningsā€ • ā€œHallucinationsā€ • ā€œThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatā€ • ā€œThe Mind’s Eyeā€ • ā€œThe River of Consciousnessā€

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Freeman, Walter Jackson, II
Walter Jackson Freeman II
American neurologist
Stanley B. Prusiner, 2004.
Stanley B. Prusiner
American biochemist and neurologist
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian American neurologist
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Denis Parsons Burkitt
British physician
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Arthur M. Sackler
American physician
Mitchell, S. Weir
S. Weir Mitchell
American physician and writer
John O'Keefe
John O’Keefe
British-American neuroscientist
Madame Restell
Madame Restell
American abortionist
Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall
British biologist
Linda McCartney
Linda McCartney
American photographer, musician, and entrepreneur
Tina Brown
Tina Brown
English American magazine editor
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
British-born actress
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Marjorie Scardino
British businesswoman
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David Hemery
English athlete
Egas Moniz
António Egas Moniz
Portuguese neurologist
Billroth, Theodor
Theodor Billroth
Viennese surgeon
Wagner-Jauregg
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian psychiatrist
Duchenne, Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand
Duchenne de Boulogne
French neurologist
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Alexander Monro, tertius
Scottish physician, anatomist, and educator
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Carl Cori
American biochemist