Colin Blakemore
Sir Colin Blakemore was a British neurobiologist, specialising in vision and the development of the brain. He was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and senior fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong. He was a distinguished senior fellow in the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London and Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford and a past Chief Executive of the British Medical Research Council (MRC).
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- Born in
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Educated at
- Magdalen CollegeUniversity of California, BerkeleyCorpus Christi CollegeKing Henry VIII School, Coventry
- Awards
- 🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Friendship Award🏆 Michael Faraday Prize🏆 Ralph W. Gerard Prize
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Horace Barlow
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1944
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Birth2022
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