20 moments

  1. Birth in Northcote

    · Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Eccles was born in Melbourne's Northcote suburb.

  2. Medical student in Melbourne

    · University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    He began his five-year medical course.

  3. Arrival for Oxford study

    · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    He relocated to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Coordinate is a representative point for Oxford; the source does not specify his arrival site.

  4. Arrival as Kanematsu Institute director

    · Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    He began his Sydney research-directorship period.

  5. University of Sydney medical lectures

    · University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

    He lectured with Bernard Katz during his Sydney period. The source identifies the University in the preceding sentence as the University of Sydney.

  6. Arrival in Dunedin

    · University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    He commenced his University of Otago professorship.

  7. First visit to the United States

    · New York Academy of Sciences, New York City, New York, United States

    He presented his electrical hypothesis in New York. Coordinate represents the New York Academy of Sciences' historical Upper East Side area.

  8. Waynflete Lectures

    · Magdalen College, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    He delivered the Waynflete Lectures at Oxford. The source states that he went to Oxford to deliver the 1952 Waynflete Lectures at Magdalen College.

  9. Move to Canberra

    · John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    He began ANU's major physiology research phase.

  10. Herter Lectures

    · Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    He gave lectures based largely on Canberra research.

  11. Matthew Flinders Lecture

    · Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    He delivered a distinguished Academy lecture in Canberra. The Academy's Canberra headquarters is used as the venue coordinate.

  12. Eddington Memorial Lecture

    · University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

    Eddington Memorial Lecture
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    He lectured at the University of Cambridge. The source gives the year and institution but not a specific venue.

  13. Institute for Biomedical Research appointment

    · Institute for Biomedical Research, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    He left Canberra for biomedical research in Chicago. Coordinate is a representative point for central Chicago because the source does not give the institute's street address.

  14. Move to Buffalo

    · State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States

    He became Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics. Coordinate represents the University at Buffalo North Campus.

  15. Retirement move to Contra

    · Contra, Ticino, Switzerland

    He moved to Ticino to focus on mind-brain questions.

  16. Gifford Lectures

    · University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    He served as Gifford Lecturer in Edinburgh. The source gives the year and institution but not a specific lecture hall.

  17. Werner Heisenberg Lectures

    · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

    He lectured in Munich on neuroscience and philosophy. Coordinate is a representative point for Munich; the source does not specify the lecture venue.

  18. Idrios Lecture

    · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    He returned to Oxford as an invited lecturer. The source provides Oxford but not the host institution or venue.

  19. Ninetieth-birthday symposium

    · Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Ninetieth-birthday symposium
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    He discussed cerebral-cortex function at a Frankfurt symposium. Coordinate represents the institute's former Frankfurt-Niederrad site, where the symposium was reported as held.

  20. Death in Locarno

    · Hospital La Carità, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland

    He died after illness in a Locarno hospital. Coordinate is a representative point for Hospital La Carità in Locarno.