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Oliver Sacks
(1933-2015)
Who Is Oliver Sacks?
Oliver Wolf Sacks was born in London, England, on July 9, 1933. He studied physiology and medicine at Queens College, Oxford.
He went on to study neurology and became a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Sacks wrote prolifically about his patients and pathological conditions. His works include Awakenings, Seeing Voices and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
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Sacks died from cancer on August 30, 2015 at the age of 82.
A Medical Family
Oliver Sacks was the youngest of four gifted children born into a medical family. His father, Samuel, was a general practitioner, and his mother, Muriel, was one of the first female surgeons in England.
After spending his early years at home, Sacks was sent to boarding school at 6-years-old when World War II began in 1939 to protect him from frequent bombing raids that plagued London. When Sacks returned home four years later, he attended his local grammar and high schools