John Farquhar Fulton
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Fulton in 1946
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| Born |
November 1, 1899 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Died |
May 29, 1960 (aged 60) Hamden, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Neurophysiology, History of Science |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Influences | Harvey Cushing |
| Influenced | Egas Moniz |
John Farquhar Fulton (November 1, 1899 – May 29, 1960) was an American neurophysiologist and science writer. He received numerous degrees from Oxford University and Harvard University. He taught at Magdalen College School of Medicine at Oxford and later became the youngest Sterling Professor of Physiology at Yale University. His main contributions were in primate neurophysiology and history of science.
John Farquhar Fulton was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota as the youngest of 6 children to Edith Stanley Wheaton and John Farquhar Fulton, an ophthalmologist who helped found the University of Minnesota. He studied at the University of Minnesota from 1917–18 and then transferred to Harvard University, receiving a B.S. in 1921. Starting in 1921, he studied neurophysiology at Magdalen College at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, earning a B.A. with first class honors in 1923. Then, as a Christopher Welch Scholar at Magdalen College, he received an M.A. and a D.Phil. in 1925. He then received an M.D. from Harvard in 1927. After his time at Harvard, he focused his studies on neurosurgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston under Harvey Cushing. He later returned to Oxford to receive a D.Sc. in 1941 and D.Litt. in 1957. He was hospitalized for diabetes mellitus in 1950 and for cardiac difficulties in 1957. He died at the age of 60 due to heart failure.
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