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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Oliver Sacks
Awakenings, A Leg to Stand On, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Seeing Voices (1984) 129 Exemplare
Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2016) 73 Exemplare
Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging. Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte (2008) 8 Exemplare
De wereld der onnozelen 3 Exemplare
On the Move 3 Exemplare
Oliver Sacks 3 Books Collection Set (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Hallucinations, Awakenings) (2020) 3 Exemplare
Journal of Consciousness Studies (Controversies in Science & the Humanities, Volume 1, No. 2 (1994)) (1994) 2 Exemplare
Dr. Oliver Sacks on Music and the Mind 2 Exemplare
Oliver Sacks Reader 2 Exemplare
Speed {The New Yorker, August 23, 2004 P. 60} 2 Exemplare
Ontwaken in verbijstering & Stemmen zien 1 Exemplar
Emicrania - Tomo I 1 Exemplar
Comprende la psicología 1 Exemplar
Emicrania - Tomo II 1 Exemplar
Love, Lunacy, and a Life Fully Lived 1 Exemplar
Neurologia e anima (articolo) 1 Exemplar
Oliver Sacks, Collection of Books 1 Exemplar
My Own Life 1 Exemplar
'Making up the Mind' in NYRB 8 April 1993 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (2015) — Vorwort — 1,196 Exemplare
Ich bin die Anthropologin auf dem Mars - Mein Leben als Autistin (1995) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 1,132 Exemplare
Der Mann, dessen Welt in Scherben ging. Zwei neurologische Geschichten (1971) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 221 Exemplare
A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle (1993) — Mitwirkender — 220 Exemplare
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Mitwirkender — 216 Exemplare
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions (2009) — Vorwort — 193 Exemplare
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Mitwirkender — 116 Exemplare
Memory Book: A Benny Cooperman Detective Novel (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) (2005) — Nachwort — 89 Exemplare
Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return (2008) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 54 Exemplare
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Mitwirkender — 53 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Sacks, Oliver Wolf
- Andere Namen
- Sacks, Oliver W.
- Geburtstag
- 1933-07-09
- Todestag
- 2015-08-30
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- England
- Land (für Karte)
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Sterbeort
- New York, New York, USA
- Todesursache
- cancer
- Wohnorte
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
New York, New York, VS - Ausbildung
- University of London
The Queen's college University of Oxford
University of California
St Paul's School, London, UK
Middlesex Hospital - Berufe
- Neurologe
Schriftsteller - Beziehungen
- Eban, Abba (cousin)
Lynn, Jonathan (cousin)
Sacks, Jonathan (nephew)
Hayes, Bill (partner)
Miller, Jonathan (friend, #1)
Aumann, Robert (cousin) - Organisationen
- 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) (Zeige alle 7)
University of Warwick (visiting professor) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- 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) (Zeige alle 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 - Kurzbiographie
- 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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