Professor Sir John Carew Eccles

Professor of physiology
Born
27 January 1903, Northcote, Victoria
Died
2 May 1997, Locarno, Switz
Sex
Male
Father
William James Eccles (schoolteacher)
Mother
Mary Carew (schoolteacher)
Married (1) Irene Francis Miller; (2) Helena _

Degrees

1925Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of SurgeryThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • Oxon (BA 1927, MA 1929, DPhil 1929) and numerous hc degrees.
  • FRACP 1938, FRS 1941, FAA 1954.
  • Vic Rhodes Scholar for 1925.
  • Prof of Physiology, ANU, Member of Council from 1953.
  • Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1963.
  • Knight bachelor 1958, AC 1990.

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