Oliver Sacks

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Oliver Sacks was a British neurologist and acclaimed writer known for his compassionate, narrative-rich case studies exploring unusual neurological conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
memoirist
neurologist
non-fiction writer
university teacher
adaptationOfWork Awakenings (1990 film) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath metastatic cancer
metastatic uveal melanoma
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1933-07-09
dateOfDeath 2015-08-30
educatedAt St Paul's School, London NERFINISHED
The Queen's College, Oxford NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
employer Albert Einstein College of Medicine NERFINISHED
Columbia University
New York University School of Medicine NERFINISHED
familyName Sacks NERFINISHED
fatherOccupation general practitioner
fieldOfWork literature
medicine
neurology
neuropsychology
fullName Oliver Wolf Sacks NERFINISHED
genre case study
medical humanities
popular science
givenName Oliver NERFINISHED
hasSibling David Sacks NERFINISHED
Marcus Sacks NERFINISHED
Michael Sacks NERFINISHED
influenced public understanding of neurological disorders
knownFor narrative case histories of neurological patients
popularizing neurology for a general audience
languageOfWorkOrName English
medicalTraining neurology residency in the United States
motherOccupation surgeon
notableWork An Anthropologist on Mars NERFINISHED
Awakenings NERFINISHED
Hallucinations NERFINISHED
Migraine
Musicophilia NERFINISHED
On the Move: A Life NERFINISHED
Seeing Voices NERFINISHED
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat NERFINISHED
Uncle Tungsten NERFINISHED
occupation author
neurologist
physician
professor
parent Muriel Elsie Landau NERFINISHED
Samuel Sacks NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
positionHeld professor of neurology
professor of psychiatry
religion raised in a Jewish family
residence New York City
sexualOrientation gay
subjectOf documentary film Oliver Sacks: His Own Life NERFINISHED
workFocus Parkinson's disease
Tourette syndrome NERFINISHED
aphasia
autism
music and the brain
unusual neurological conditions
visual agnosia
writingStyle compassionate narrative-rich clinical storytelling

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Awakenings authorOfSourceWork Oliver Sacks
V. S. Ramachandran influencedBy Oliver Sacks
A Kind of Alaska inspiredBy Oliver Sacks