Oliver Sacks Biography

Oliver Sacks biography

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NAME: Oliver Sacks
OCCUPATION: Educator, Psychiatrist, Neurologist, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: July 09, 1933 (Age: 79)
EDUCATION: The Queen's College, Oxford
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
Full Name: Oliver Wolf Sacks
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Neurologist Oliver Wolf Sacks wrote about his patients and their pathological conditions. His 1973 book Awakenings was made in to a film in 1990.

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Oliver Wolf Sacks was born on July 9, 1933, in London, England. 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.