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John Eccles

1903 - 1997

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Sir John Carew Eccles (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Eccles has received more than 12,127 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Eccles is the 122nd most popular physician (down from 120th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Australia (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Physician.

John Eccles is most famous for his research on the synapse and the release of neurotransmitters. His research led to the discovery of glutamate and acetylcholine as two of the most important neurotransmitters.

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  • 63.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Eccles ranks 122 out of 726. Before him are Ryke Geerd Hamer, Santorio Santorio, Erasistratus, Francis Peyton Rous, Franz Joseph Gall, and Richard von Krafft-Ebing. After him are Ragnar Granit, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Dickinson W. Richards, Eduard Bloch, and Nicolaes Tulp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Eccles ranks 45. Before him are Julius Fučík, Lars Onsager, Georg Elser, Alec Douglas-Home, Empress Kōjun, and Bing Crosby. After him are Andrei Grechko, Rudolf Abel, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, John Vincent Atanasoff, and Claudio Arrau. Among people deceased in 1997, John Eccles ranks 40. Before him are Dora Maar, Zoltán Czibor, Chien-Shiung Wu, Willem de Kooning, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, and Cornelius Castoriadis. After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker, John Kendrew, Otto Ernst Remer, Diosdado Macapagal, Anton LaVey, and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 24 out of 1,143. Before him are Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), Jack Brabham (1926), Peter Weir (1944), Errol Flynn (1909), Colleen McCullough (1937), and Hugh Jackman (1968). After him are V. Gordon Childe (1892), Robin Warren (1937), Peter Singer (1946), Macfarlane Burnet (1899), Steve Irwin (1962), and John Cornforth (1917).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 1. After him are Robin Warren (1937), Barry Marshall (1951), Howard Florey (1898), Peter C. Doherty (1940), and Elizabeth Kenny (1880).

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