Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Doctors · Died at 82
Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
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2015Died30 August 20152013Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2008Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2005Emperor Has No Clothes AwardAward2003Bodley MedalAward2001Lewis Thomas PrizeAward1993George Polk AwardAward1988Oskar Pfister AwardAward1974Hawthornden PrizeAward1933Born9 July 1933
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United Kingdom
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2015 · aged 82