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Name	Istvan Törk
Born	14 February, 1939 Budapest, Hungary
Died	21 November, 1992 (aged 53) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	brain disease
Cultural Heritage	Hungarian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1976-1992) New South Wales, Australia anatomist (1976-1992) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Istvan Tork anatomy prize (University of NSW) (eponym) Istvan Tork Student Oral Award (Australasian Neuroscience Society) (eponym)
Workplaces *	University of New South Wales (medicine) (academic, 1976)

* Dates are approximate

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