Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks (1933–2015) was a British neurologist, physician, and bestselling author. Born in London, he earned his medical degree from Queen’s College, Oxford, and completed neurological training at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco and UCLA. He later served as a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and as a professor of neurology at NYU School of Medicine.

Sacks wrote widely acclaimed books about neurological conditions and the lives of his patients, including Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, An Anthropologist on Mars, Musicophilia, The Mind’s Eye, and Hallucinations. His autobiographical works include Uncle Tungsten and On the Move: A Life. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity was written by Steve Silberman, not Oliver Sacks.