Oliver Sacks
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Contents
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1933 - 2015
Occupation
Medicine, Academic
Notable Achievements
CBE
Description
Neurologist and author of medical books on the subject. Professor of Neurology at NYU (1992-2007) and Columbia University (2007-2012). Notable books include 'Awakenings' (1973). Author of his autobiography, 'The River of Consciousness' (2017) and 'On the Move: A Life' (2015) in which he disclosed his homosexuality. Contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Posthumous collected essays were published as 'Everything In Its Place' (2019). Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2008). Member of the boards of the The Neurosciences Institute and the New York Botanical Garden. Had a relationship with writer Bill Hayes.
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.oliversacks.com/
- http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/30/oliver-sacks
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&_r=1
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/31/the-tragic-story-of-oliver-sackss-celibacy-and-homosexuality/
