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Sir john eccles biography books
John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
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.[1]
Life and work
Early life
Eccles was born in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up there with his two sisters and his parents: William and Mary Carew Eccles (both teachers, who home schooled him until he was 12).[2] He initially attended Warrnambool High School[3] (now Warrnambool College) (where a science wing is named in his honour), then completed his final year of schooling at Melbourne High School.
Aged 17, he was awarded a senior scholarship to study medicine at the University of Melbourne.[3] As a medical undergraduate, he was never able to find a satisfactory explanation for the interaction of mind and body