John Carew Eccles

Australian neurophysiologist (1903-1997) · Australia · Academics · Died at 94

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Sir John Carew Eccles 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.

A life in dates

1997Died2 May 19971992Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward1990Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward1972Annual Review Prize LectureAward1963Australian of the YearAwardMatthew Flinders Medal and LectureAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1962Royal MedalAward1961Baly MedalAwardJames Cook MedalAward1958Knight BachelorAward1953Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1950Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAward1925Rhodes ScholarshipAward1903Born27 January 1903

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John Carew Eccles (right) with Czech psychiatrist Cyril Höschl (left) in 1993

Awards

Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense1992

Companion of the Order of Australia1990

Annual Review Prize Lecture1972

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1963

Australian of the Year1963

Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture1963

Royal Medal1962

James Cook Medal1961

Baly Medal1961

Knight Bachelor1958

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science1953

Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi1950

Rhodes Scholarship1925

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

About this person

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Australia

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