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The first time I met Jonathan Miller
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Jonathan Miller I clearly remember first seeing – I was in St Paul’s, and I was up in the library, the Walker Library, reading about Victorian science, and in particular about electric eggs, so-called, I was fascinated by static electricity. And Jonathan came up to me and introduced himself – very tall, the more so because I was crouching down sort of looking at this book. And I saw this immensely tall red-headed man with a... with a wonderfully mobile face, and... and that was... that was Jonathan.
Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) was born in England. Having obtained his medical degree at Oxford University, he moved to the USA. There he worked as a consultant neurologist at Beth Abraham Hospital where in 1966, he encountered a group of survivors of the global sleepy sickness of 1916-1927. Sacks treated these patients with the then-experimental drug L-Dopa producing astounding results which he described in his book Awakenings. Further cases of neurological disorders were described by Sacks with exceptional sympathy in another major book entitled The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat which became an instant best seller on its publication in 1985. His other books drew on his rich experiences as a neurologist gleaned over almost five decades of professional practice. Sacks's work was recognized by prestigious institutions which awarded him numerous honours and prizes. These included the Lewis Thomas Prize given by Rockefeller University, which recognizes the scientist as poet. He was an honorary fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and held honorary degrees from many universities, including Oxford, the Karolinska Institute, Georgetown, Bard, Gallaudet, Tufts, and the Catholic University of Peru.
Title: The first time I met Jonathan Miller
Listeners: Kate Edgar
Kate Edgar, previously Managing Editor at the Summit Books division of Simon and Schuster, began working with Oliver Sacks in 1983. She has served as editor and researcher on all of his books, and has been closely involved with various films and adaptations based on his work. As friend, assistant, and collaborator, she has accompanied Dr Sacks on many adventures around the world, clinical and otherwise.
Tags: St Paul's School, Jonathan Miller
Duration: 56 seconds
Date story recorded: 19-23 September, 2011
Date story went live: 02 October 2012
