About
Author and neurologist whose bestselling popular science books include Musicophilia, An Anthropologist on Mars, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Before Fame
He earned his medical degree from Oxford University and later opened a neurology practice in New York City.
Trivia
He taught neurology and psychiatry at the New York University and Columbia University Medical Centers.
Family Life
He was born to Jewish parents in London, England. A shy man afflicted with prosopagnosia -- a neurological inability to recognize faces -- he remained a bachelor for many years.
Associated With
His popular book Awakenings became the basis for an award-winning 1990 film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams.
