Oliver Sacks (1933–2015)
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Oliver Sacks was born in London, England on July 9, 1933. He received a medical degree from Queen's College, Oxford University and performed his internship at Middlesex Hospital in London and Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. He completed his residency at UCLA. In 1965, he became a clinical näytä lisää neurologist to the Little Sisters of the Poor and Beth Abraham Hospital. His work in a Bronx charity hospital led him to write the book Awakenings in 1973. The book inspired a play by Harold Pinter and became a film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. His other works included An Anthropologist on Mars, The Mind's Eye, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Uncle Tungsten, Musicophilia, A Leg to Stand On, On the Move: A Life, and Gratitude. In 2007, he ended his 42-year relationship with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to accept an interdisciplinary teaching position at Columbia. In 2012, he returned to the New York University School of Medicine as a professor of neurology. He died of cancer on August 30, 2015 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
Awakenings, A Leg to Stand On, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Seeing Voices (1984) 129 kappaletta
Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2016) 73 kappaletta
Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging. Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte (2008) 8 kappaletta
De wereld der onnozelen 3 kappaletta
Journal of Consciousness Studies (Controversies in Science & the Humanities, Volume 1, No. 2 (1994)) (1994) 2 kappaletta
Dr. Oliver Sacks on Music and the Mind 2 kappaletta
Speed {The New Yorker, August 23, 2004 P. 60} 2 kappaletta
Oliver Sacks 3 Books Collection Set (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Hallucinations, Awakenings) (2020) 2 kappaletta
Oliver Sacks Reader 2 kappaletta
Oliver Sacks, Collection of Books 1 kappale
Neurologia e anima (articolo) 1 kappale
Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging 1 kappale
Emicrania - Tomo I 1 kappale
Comprende la psicología 1 kappale
Emicrania - Tomo II 1 kappale
Love, Lunacy, and a Life Fully Lived 1 kappale
Ontwaken in verbijstering & Stemmen zien 1 kappale
My Own Life 1 kappale
Associated Works
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (1998) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 1,922 kappaletta
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (2015) — Esipuhe — 1,180 kappaletta
The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound (1971) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 220 kappaletta
A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle (1993) — Avustaja — 219 kappaletta
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Avustaja — 216 kappaletta
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions (2009) — Esipuhe — 191 kappaletta
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Avustaja — 116 kappaletta
Memory Book: A Benny Cooperman Detective Novel (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) (2005) — Jälkisanat — 89 kappaletta
Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return (2008) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 54 kappaletta
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Avustaja — 53 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Sacks, Oliver Wolf
- Muut nimet
- Sacks, Oliver W.
- Syntymäaika
- 1933-07-09
- Kuolinaika
- 2015-08-30
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Kuolinpaikka
- New York, New York, USA
- Kuolinsyy
- cancer
- Asuinpaikat
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
New York, New York, VS - Koulutus
- University of London
The Queen's college University of Oxford
University of California
St Paul's School, London, UK
Middlesex Hospital - Ammatit
- neuroloog
- Suhteet
- Eban, Abba (cousin)
Lynn, Jonathan (cousin)
Sacks, Jonathan (nephew)
Hayes, Bill (partner)
Miller, Jonathan (friend, #1)
Aumann, Robert (cousin) - Organisaatiot
- UCLA Medical Center (resident. Neurology)
Beth Abraham Hospital (consulting neurologist ∙ Beth Abraham Health Services)
Yeshiva University (Albert Einstein College of Medicine ∙ clinical professor of neurology)
New York University (School of Medicine ∙ Adjunct professor of Neurology)
Columbia University (professor of clinical neurology and clinical psychology)
Little Sisters of the Poor (consultant neurologist) (näytä kaikki 7)
University of Warwick (visiting professor) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Columbia artist (1st ∙ Columbia University)
Music Has Power Award (2000)
Beth Abraham (40 years of service)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2001)
Asteroid Namesake (asteroid 84928 | 2008)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (2008) (näytä kaikki 17)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1996)
Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (honorary medical advisor)
Oskar Pfister Award (1988)
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award (1989)
Mental Health Award (2004)
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Neurological Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
Association of British Neurologists
New York Academy of Sciences - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Oliver Sacks (Londen, 1933) is hoogleraar in de neurologie aan het Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Als auteur verwierf hij internationale faam met onder andere De man die zijn vrouw voor een hoed hield, neurologische case-histories uit zijn eigen praktijk, en Ontwaken in verbijstering, waarin hij op betrokken wijze het ‘ontwaken’ uit de slaapziekte (Encephalitis lethargica) beschrijft.
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