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sir laboratory . photographed in november 1963 . image courtesy of john john curtin school of medical research , australian national university carew . eccles using a microscope in a 2 may 1997 tenero-contra , switzerland karl popper friedrich beck platon kostiuk melbourne , australia 200px sir john eccles 27 january 1903 work on the synapse irene , helena t. eccles -lrb- 1968-1997 ; his death -rrb- frances miller eccles -lrb- 1928-1968 ; divorced -rrb- knight -rrb- nobel prize in physiology or medicine -lrb- 1963 -rrb- bachelor companion of the order of australia -lrb- 1990 -rrb- -lrb- 1958 -rrb- royal medal -lrb- 1962 eccles_lab . jpg john eccles -lrb- neurophysiologist -rrb-
 john carew eccles
john eccles -lrb- neurophysiologist -rrb-

sir john carew eccles , ac frs fracp frsnz faas -lrb- 27 january 1903 -- 2 may 1997 -rrb- was an australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 nobel prize in physiology or medicine for his work on the synapse .
he shared the prize with andrew huxley and alan lloyd hodgkin .
