Eleanor Maguire

Eleanor Maguire

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Eleanor Maguire in 2016
Born(1970-03-27)27 March 1970
Dublin, Ireland
Died4 January 2025(2025-01-04) (aged 54)
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (BA, PhD)
University of Wales, Swansea (MSc)
Awards
Scientific career
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Institutions
ThesisReal-world spatial memory following temporal-lobe surgery in humans (1994)
Doctoral studentsDemis Hassabis[1]

Eleanor Anne Maguire (27 March 1970 – 4 January 2025) was an Irish neuroscientist. She was the professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.[2][3] She was also a Wellcome Trust principal research fellow from 2007 until her death in 2025.[4]

Maguire died from cancer on 4 January 2025, at the age of 54.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hassabis, Demis (2009). Neural processes underpinning episodic memory. ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 829958436. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.564607.
  2. ↑ Maguire, E. A. (2012). "Eleanor A. Maguire". Current Biology. 22 (24): R1025–R1027. Bibcode:2012CBio...22R1025M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.007. PMID 23387005.
  3. ↑ "Eleanor Maguire publications". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  4. ↑ Anon (2025). "Eleanor Maguire: March 27th, 1970 to January 4th, 2025". online-tribute.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-14.
  5. ↑ Spinney, Laura (17 January 2025). "Eleanor Maguire obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2025.