Sir John Carew Eccles

Sir John Carew Eccles, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1903-01-27 in Melbourne, Australia

Gender: male

Field: Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)

Biography

Sir John Carew Eccles was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. He shared the prize with Andrew Huxley and Alan Lloyd Hodgkin.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1963

Awarded on: 1963-10-17

"for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane"

Affiliations:

  • Australian National University – Canberra, Australia
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