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William Anthony Harris (born November 26, 1950) is a Canadian-born neuroscientist, Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, and fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience since its formation in 2006 until his retirement in 2018.

Awards and honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007, and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2012. In 2017, he was awarded the Waddington Medal by the British Society for Developmental Biology for his work on the development of the visual system.

Bibliography

• Harris, W. A. (24 May 2022). Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691211312.

References

1. http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk
2. "Harris, Prof. William Anthony, (Born 26 Nov. 1950), Professor of Anatomy, 1997–2018, now Emeritus, and Head, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, 2006–18, Cambridge University; Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge, since 1997".
3. Fellows of the Royal Society (accessed 22-04-2012)
4. "Fellows | the Academy of Medical Sciences".
5. "Members". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
6. "The Waddington Medal".
7. http://bsdb.org
8. "Bill Harris, winner of the BSDB Waddington Medal 2017". 13 April 2017.

External links

• http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/harris/
• http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?harris
• http://thenode.biologists.com/waddington2017/societies/
• https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691211312/zero-to-birth

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