![]() ![]() A chemist uncle, nicknamed Uncle Tungsten, encouraged his interest in chemistry. As a child, he was fascinated by a giant display of the periodic table of elements at the Museum of Natural History. ![]() Young Oliver Sacks took comfort in the study of science. His older brother was even more severely affected, and never recovered. He also experienced lifelong difficulty in recognizing faces, a little-known ailment at the time, but one that is known today as prosopagnosia or face blindness. Later in life, he attributed his severe shyness and discomfort in ordinary social situations to this early experience. The separation from his home and parents, along with the harsh discipline of the school, was traumatic for young Oliver. As Germany began sustained bombing of London, eight-year-old Oliver and his older brother were sent to a boarding school in the countryside. His childhood was darkened by the shadow of war. His father was a general practitioner and his mother was one of the first female surgeons in England. He grew up surrounded by a large extended family, one with many doctors and scientists. ![]() Oliver Sacks was born in London, England. His father, Samuel Sacks, was a physician, and his mother, Muriel Elsie Landau, one of the first female surgeons in England. AugOliver Sacks was born in 1933 in the Orthodox Jewish community of Cricklewood, London, England. ![]()
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