Sir Gabriel Horn was a British neuroscientist and Professor in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
11 Facts About Gabriel Horn
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Gabriel Horn's research was into the neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
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Gabriel Horn left the school at 16 to work in his parents' shop and studied part-time for a National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering, achieving distinction.
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Gabriel Horn served in the Royal Air Force before studying for a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham.
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Gabriel Horn became a Lecturer and then a Reader, before leaving to become Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bristol in 1974.
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Gabriel Horn retired in 1995 and was made emeritus professor.
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Gabriel Horn was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1992 to 1999 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1994 to 1997.
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Gabriel Horn remained a fellow of Sidney Sussex College after 1999 until his death; he had earlier been a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and was elected a life fellow there in 1999.
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Gabriel Horn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986, receiving their Royal Medal in 2001.
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Gabriel Horn was given an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Birmingham in 1999 and by the University of Bristol in 2003.
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Gabriel Horn was knighted in the 2002 New Year Honours "for services to Neurobiology and to the Advancement of Scientific Research".