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John Carew Eccles
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John Carew Eccles

Author · born January 27, 1903 · died 1997

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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.

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  1. ~22Named Rhodes Scholarship1925
  2. 55Named Knight BachelorJune 12, 1958
  3. ~59Received the Royal Medal1962
  4. ~60Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1963

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1964 · United States

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