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Colin Blakemore
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British neurobiologist (1944–2022)
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Colin Brian Blakemore was a British neuroscientist, physiologist, and university teacher born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1944. He held positions at the University of Warwick, Magdalen College, and City University of Hong Kong. His academic background included studies at Corpus Christi College, the University of California, Berkeley, and Magdalen College, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy under the supervision of Horace Barlow.
Blakemore’s professional work focused on neuroscience, neurobiology, ophthalmology, and visual perception. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Academia Europaea. His recognitions included the Michael Faraday Prize, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize, Fellowship in the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the title of Knight Bachelor. He died in Oxford in 2022.
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Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
Sir Colin Brian Blakemore, FRS, FMedSci, FRSB, FBPhS, is a British neurobiologist, specialising in vision and the development of the brain, who is Professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy in the School of Advanced Study, University of London and Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.
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- Tim's Vermeer — Himself2013
- Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV — Self2010
- Dispatches1987
- Question Time — Himself - Panellist1979
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
- Employer
- City University of Hong Kong
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Horace Barlow
- Field of work
- visual perception
- Official website
- scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/colin-blakemore(d49cb3c7-4485-43be-82ac-0483ed407c03).html
- Image
- Blakemore.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1944-06-01
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- date of death
- 2022-06-27
- name in native language
- Colin Brian Blakemore
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