| LC control no. | n 85104970 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Horn, Gabriel, 1927-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Horn, G. (Gabriel) |
| Associated country | Cambridge (England) |
| Birth date | 1927-12-09 |
| Death date | 2012-08-02 |
| Field of activity | Neuroscience Zoology Learning Memory |
| Affiliation | University of Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (University of Cambridge) King's College (University of Cambridge) University of Bristol University of Birmingham Great Britain. Royal Air Force |
| Profession or occupation | Neuroscientists |
| Found in | His Memory, imprinting, and the brain, 1985: CIP t.p. (Gabriel Horn; prof. of zool., U. of Cambridge) LC data base, 5/15/85 (hdg.: Horn, Gabriel) Royal Society (Great Britain). Discussion Meeting (1990 : London, England). Behavioural and neural aspects of learning and memory, 1990: CIP t.p. (G. Horn, F.R.S.) Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 8, 2012 (Sir Gabriel Horn, MD, ScD, FRS, FRCF; b. Dec. 9, 1927; d. Aug. 2, 2012, Cambridge; British biologist and emeritus professor in natural sciences (zoology) at the University of Cambridge) Wikipedia web site, April 20, 2017: (Sir Gabriel Horn, MD, ScD, FRS, FRCP (9 December 1927 - 2 August 2012) was a British neuroscientist and Professor in Natural Sciences (Zoology) at the University of Cambridge. His research was into the neural mechanisms of learning and memory. He served in the Royal Air Force before studying for a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham. Horn's first academic position was in 1956 at the Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge as a Demonstrator in Anatomy. He became a Lecturer and then a Reader, before leaving to become Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bristol in 1974. In 1975, while at Bristol, he obtained his DSc degree. In 1977, he returned to Cambridge to head the Department of Zoology. He retired in 1995 and was made Emeritus Professor. He was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1992 to 1999 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1994 to 1997. He remained a fellow of Sidney Sussex College after 1999 until his death; he had earlier been a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and was elected a life fellow there in 1999) |
| Associated language | eng |
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