John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
John Eccles | |
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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) |
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| 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 (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.