John Eccles (neurophysiologist)

John Eccles
Photographed in November 1963. Image courtesy of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
Born
John Carew Eccles

(1903-01-27)27 January 1903
Melbourne, Australia
Died2 May 1997(1997-05-02) (aged 94)
Tenero-Contra, Switzerland[2]
CitizenshipAustralia,
United Kingdom,
Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (MD)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forWork on the synapse
Interactionism
Spouse(s)Irene Frances Miller Eccles
(1928–1968; divorced),
Helena T. Eccles
(1968–1997; his death)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
Philosophy of mind
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Doctoral advisorC. S. Sherrington
Doctoral studentsWilfrid Rall
Stephen Kuffler
Rodolfo Llinás

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.[1]

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  3. ^ Curtis, D. R.; Andersen, P. (2001). "Sir John Carew Eccles, A.C. 27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1941". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 47: 159–187. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2001.0010. PMID 15124645. S2CID 73372586.