John Eccles

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1903 – 1997

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Who was John Eccles?

Sir John Carew Eccles, AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAAS was an Australian neurophysiologist 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.

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Born
Jan 27, 1903
Melbourne
Also known as
  • John C. Eccles
  • Sir John C. Eccles
  • John Carew Eccles
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Australia
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Melbourne
  • University at Buffalo
  • University of Oxford
  • Melbourne High School
  • Magdalen College, Oxford
Died
May 2, 1997
Locarno

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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