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[[File:oliversacks.png|200px|thumb|left|Oliver Sacks]]

==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, 'On the Move: A Life' (2015) in which he disclosed his homosexuality.  Contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books.  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.

==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/

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