Birthdate: July 9, 1933
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 30, 2015
Oliver Sacks was a British neurologist, historian of science, and writer who received his medical degree from The Queen’s College, Oxford, before moving to the United States. He interned at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco and completed his residency in neurology and neuropathology at UCLA. Sacks served as a neurologist at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx, where he treated survivors of sleeping sickness. He authored best-selling books on neurological disorders and the history of science, which were adapted into various forms of media.
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