John Eccles (neurophysiologist)

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John Eccles

AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA
Sir; John Eccles; AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA
	Photographed in November 1963. Image courtesy of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
Born	John Carew Eccles; 27 January 1903; Melbourne, Australia
Died	2 May 1997 (aged 94); Tenero-Contra, Switzerland
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)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1958); James Cook Medal (1961); Royal Medal (1962); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1963); Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture (1972); Companion of the Order of Australia (1990);
	Scientific career
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

Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA (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.

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