Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Neurologist and author known for humane case studies of the mind
1933, London, United Kingdom — 2015, New York City, USA
United Kingdom · United States
Oliver Sacks is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Neurologist and author known for humane case studies of the mind
Oliver Sacks was a British-American neurologist and writer whose humane case histories brought the inner lives of patients to a wide public. Books such as 'Awakenings' and 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' became classics of medical literature. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in London.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Neurologist and author known for humane case studies of the mind
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
Similar Contributors
Jerry Fodor
Adolphus Elkin
