Sir John Eccles

@Neurophysiologist, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sir John Carew Eccles was a neurophysiologist from Australia who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Australian University Of Melbourne Scientists Neuroscientists Aquarius Celebrities Sir John Carew Eccles was a neurophysiologist from Australia who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on synapse in the central nervous system. He shared the prize with two other scientists, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Fielding Huxley. His research centered on the complex way in which the human brain works and the neurophysiologic processes which control thought processes. He discovered the chemical reactions allow or suppress the impulses sent to the nerve cells or neurons in the brain. Though he believed till 1949 that the synaptic transmission was mainly due to electrical impulses rather than chemical, his experiments later proved his hypothesis otherwise. After conducting various experiments with Bernard Katz, he came to the conclusion that these transmissions had a chemical side too. He proved that the communication between two adjacent nerve cells is done by the release of chemicals into the synapse or the gap between the two cells. Every reaction of the brain was caused by a distinct chemical reaction which caused an electrical impulse to be passed from one cell to another. Apart from the research on synapses he also played an important role in the development of neuroscience. His experiments helped in the future treatment of nervous diseases and brain, heart and kidney research.

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Birthday: January 27, 1903 Died on: May 2, 1997 Nationality: Australian Famous: Neurophysiologist, University Of Melbourne, Scientists, Neuroscientists Spouses: Helena Taborikova, Irene Frances Miller Known as: Sir John Carew Eccles Universities: University Of Melbourne Information Detail Birthday January 27, 1903 Died on May 2, 1997 Nationality Australian Famous Neurophysiologist, University Of Melbourne, Scientists, Neuroscientists Spouses Helena Taborikova, Irene Frances Miller Known as Sir John Carew Eccles Universities University Of Melbourne Notable Alumnis University Of Melbourne Birth Place Melbourne, Australia Gender Male Father William James Eccles Mother Mary Carew Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Melbourne, Australia Famous as Neurophysiologist Died at Age 94

Melbourne, Australia

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He married his first wife Irene Frances Miller in 1928 and divorced her in 1968. He had four sons and five daughters from this marriage. Unsplash Personal Life

He married his second wife Helena Taborikova in 1968 after divorcing Irene. Helena was a neurophysiologist with an M.D. and worked with him at the Charles University during his research work. Unsplash Personal Life

Sir John Eccles died in Tenero-Contra, Locarno, Switzerland, on May 2, 1997. Unsplash Personal Life

Sir John Eccles was born in Melbourne, Australia on January 27, 1903. Both his father William James Eccles and his mother Mary Carew were school teachers. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was schooled at home by his parents till he was twelve years of age. He grew up with two sisters. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He initially attended the ‘Warrnambool High School’ which is currently known as the ‘Warrnambool College’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He completed his schooling from the ‘Melbourne High School’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the age of 17, he received a senior scholarship for studying medicine at the ‘University of Melbourne’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He returned to Australia in 1937 as the Director of a small medical research center in Sydney named ‘Kanematsu Institute’ under the ‘Sydney Medical School’. Unsplash Career

During the period 1937 to 1943 he was engaged in research on the neuromuscular reactions in frogs and cats. He devoted the later part of this period on experiments to help the war effort. Unsplash Career

He was appointed at the ‘University of Otago’ in New Zealand after the war ended and spent the period from 1944 to 1951 doing his own experiments on the central nervous system. Unsplash Career

In 1951 Eccles, Brock and Coombs were successful in inserting microelectrodes for the first time into the nerve cells of the central nervous system and were able to record the electrical impulses created by synaptic transmissions. Unsplash Career

He worked from 1952 to 1966 at the ‘John Curtin School of Medical Research’ under the ‘Australian National University’ in Canberra as a Professor of Physiology. Unsplash Career

Sir John Eccles’ book ‘The Self and its Brain’ written in collaboration with Karl Popper and Karl Raimund was published in 1977. Unsplash Major Works

His two main works ‘The Human Mystery. Gifford Lectures’ and the ‘The Human Psyche. Gifford Lectures’ were published in 1979 and 1980 respectively. Unsplash Major Works

His book ‘The Wonder of being Human: Our Brain and our Mind’ written in collaboration with Daniel N. Robinson and his own book ‘Mind and Brain: The Many-Faceted Problems’ came out in 1984 and 1985 respectively while his last book ‘How the Self Controls its Brain’ was published in 1994. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 27, 1903
Died on	May 2, 1997
Nationality	Australian
Famous	Neurophysiologist, University Of Melbourne, Scientists, Neuroscientists
Spouses	Helena Taborikova, Irene Frances Miller
Known as	Sir John Carew Eccles
Universities	University Of Melbourne
Notable Alumnis	University Of Melbourne
Birth Place	Melbourne, Australia
Gender	Male
Father	William James Eccles
Mother	Mary Carew
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Melbourne, Australia
Famous as	Neurophysiologist
Died at Age	94

Sir John Eccles

Australian

Jan 27, 1903

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Melbourne, Australia