Oliver Sacks Biography

Fast Facts

• Completed his medical degree at Queen's College in Oxford
• Began his career in the medical field as a researcher before going into clinical practice
• Quote: "I am very tenacious, for better or worse․ If my attention is engaged, I cannot disengage it․ This may be a great strength, or weakness․ It makes me an investigator․ It makes me an obsessional․"
• Quote: "I had always liked to see myself as a naturalist or explorer․ I had explored many strange, neuropsychological lands - the furthest Arctics and Tropics of neurological disorder․"
• His most famous works included "Awakenings," "At First Sight" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat․"
• Best known as a neurologist whose books about the case histories of his patients went on to become films, most notably 1990's "Awakenings" starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro