W. Maxwell Cowan

W. Maxwell Cowan
W. Maxwell Cowan
Born	27 September 1931
Died	30 June 2002 (aged 70)
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand; University of Oxford ;
Occupation	Neurobiologist
Employer	Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1984–2000); Johns Hopkins University; Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1980–); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; University of Wisconsin System (1966–); Washington University School of Medicine (1968–) ;
Awards	Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1984); Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience (2001); Fellow of the Royal Society ;

William Maxwell Cowan (27 September 1931 – 30 June 2002) was a South African neuroscientist known for his work on developmental plasticity and neural connectivity. He is credited with helping to contribute to the growth of modern neuroanatomy through his use of novel anterograde tracing techniques which fundamentally transformed the field in the 1970s.^[1]^[2] From 1978–2002 Cowan was the founding editor of the Annual Review of Neuroscience.^[3] Cowan was vice-president and chief scientific officer of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1987 until his retirement in 2000.^[4]

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