People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

27 January, 1903
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

2 May, 1997 (aged 94)
Locarno, Switzerland

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Jumbunna Primary School (Vic)
• Koroit Primary School (Vic)
• Warrnambool High School (Vic)
• Melbourne High School
• University of Melbourne
• Oxford University

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• neurophysiologist

Awards

• Rhodes Scholar
• Knight Bachelor
• Royal Medal (Royal Society of London)
• Australian of the Year
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Companion of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Eccles Institute of Neuroscience (ANU)

Key Organisations

• Royal Society of London (UK)
• Australian Academy of Science
• Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Workplaces

• Sydney Hospital
• University of Otago (New Zealand)
• Australian National University (JCSMR)
• Australian National University (neuroscience)