Editing Oliver Sacks (section)

==Honours==
[[File:Oliversacks.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sacks in 2013]]
In 1996, Sacks became a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] ([[List of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Department of Literature|Literature]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php|title=Current Members|access-date=15 August 2008|publisher=[[The American Academy of Arts and Letters]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624004136/http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php|archive-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> He was named a [[Fellow]] of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyas.org/about/newsDetails.asp?newsID=120&year=1999|title=New York Academy of Sciences Announces 1999 Fellows|access-date=15 August 2008|date=6 October 1999|publisher=[[New York Academy of Sciences]]|archive-date=11 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211091032/http://www.nyas.org/about/newsDetails.asp?newsID=120&year=1999|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 1999, he became an Honorary Fellow at [[the Queen's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/academics/other-fellows/honorary-fellows/|title=Honorary Fellows|access-date=15 August 2008|publisher=[[The Queen's College, Oxford]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323100523/http://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/academics/other-fellows/honorary-fellows/|archive-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2000, Sacks received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration/|access-date=7 April 2020|archive-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193048/http://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, he became Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (Class IV—Humanities and Arts, Section 4—Literature)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amacad.org/members/new2002list.aspx|title=Class of 2002 – Fellows|access-date=15 August 2008|year=2002|publisher=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513022353/http://www.amacad.org/members/new2002list.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2008}}</ref> and he was awarded the 2001 [[Lewis Thomas Prize]] by [[Rockefeller University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://runews.rockefeller.edu/index.php?page=engine&id=139|title=Oliver Sacks, Awakenings Author, Receives Rockefeller University's Lewis Thomas Prize|access-date=15 August 2008|year=2002|publisher=[[Rockefeller University]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208233802/http://runews.rockefeller.edu/index.php?page=engine&id=139|archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref> Sacks was also a [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians]] (FRCP).<ref>[http://www.oliversacks.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Oliver-Sacks-cv-2014.pdf Curriculum Vitae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702053749/http://www.oliversacks.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Oliver-Sacks-cv-2014.pdf|date=2 July 2016}} – website of Oliver Sacks</ref>

Sacks was awarded honorary doctorates from [[Georgetown University]] (1990),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oliversacks.com/about-the-author/curriculum-vitae/|title=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=oliversacks.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104113436/http://www.oliversacks.com/about-the-author/curriculum-vitae/|archive-date=4 January 2010}}</ref> [[College of Staten Island]] (1991),<ref name="CV"/> [[Tufts University]] (1991),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://provost.tufts.edu/institutionalresearch/files/FactBook0607Abridged.pdf|title=Tufts University Factbook 2006–2007 (abridged)|access-date=15 August 2008|format=PDF (4.7 MB)|publisher=Tufts University|page=127|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215353/http://provost.tufts.edu/institutionalresearch/files/FactBook0607Abridged.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[New York Medical College]] (1991),<ref name="CV"/> [[Drexel University College of Medicine|Medical College of Pennsylvania]] (1992),<ref name="CV"/> [[Bard College]] (1992),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=11746&sid=669662|title=Bard College Catalogue 2014–2015 – Honorary Degrees|access-date=30 August 2015|publisher=Bard College|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905233025/http://www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=11746&sid=669662|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Queen's University at Kingston]] (2001),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qnc.queensu.ca/gazette/3cd0d665d9568.pdf|title=Neurologist, peace activist among honorary graduands|access-date=15 August 2008|date=7 May 2001|work=Gazette, vol. XXXII, no. 9|publisher=Queen's University|pages=1, 2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415114848/http://qnc.queensu.ca/gazette/3cd0d665d9568.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2007}}</ref> [[Gallaudet University]] (2005),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.gallaudet.edu/newsreleases/index.asp?ID=5464|title=Famed physician delivers Commencement address|access-date=15 August 2008|date=1 May 2005|publisher=Gallaudet University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225608/http://news.gallaudet.edu/newsreleases/index.asp?ID=5464|archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref> [[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pucp.edu.pe/la-universidad/nuestra-universidad/historia/doctores-honoris-causa/|title=Doctores honoris causa|access-date=15 August 2008|publisher=Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú|language=es|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083132/http://www.pucp.edu.pe/la-universidad/nuestra-universidad/historia/doctores-honoris-causa/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]] (2008).

[[Oxford University]] awarded him an [[Honorary degree|honorary]] [[Doctor of Civil Law]] degree in June 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/news/2004-05/feb/14.shtml|title=2005 honorary degrees announced|date=14 February 2005|publisher=University of Oxford|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515083407/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/news/2004-05/feb/14.shtml|archive-date=15 May 2007}}</ref>

Sacks received the position "Columbia Artist" from Columbia University in 2007, a post that was created specifically for him and that gave him unconstrained access to the university, regardless of department or discipline.<ref>[http://www.cuarts.com/sacks/ Oliver Sacks @ Columbia University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310124838/http://www.cuarts.com/sacks/|date=10 March 2010}}  Arts Initiative @ Columbia University. 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2011</ref>

On 26 November 2008, Sacks was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE), for services to medicine, in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58729|date=14 June 2008|page=25 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oliversacks.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Oliver-Sacks-cv-2014.pdf|title=Resume|website=oliversacks.com|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702053749/http://www.oliversacks.com/os/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Oliver-Sacks-cv-2014.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The minor planet [[List of minor planets: 84001–85000#928|84928 Oliversacks]], discovered in 2003, was named in his honour.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bloom |first=Julie |title=Dr. Sacks's Asteroid |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/arts/13arts-DRSACKSSASTE_BRF.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2008 |access-date=14 August 2008 |archive-date=17 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417073501/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/arts/13arts-DRSACKSSASTE_BRF.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2010, Sacks was named as one of the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]]'s Honorary Board of distinguished achievers. He described himself as "an old Jewish atheist", a phrase borrowed from his friend [[Jonathan Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ffrf.org/news/releases/honorary-ffrf-board-announced/|title=Honorary FFRF Board Announced|access-date=20 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217052917/http://ffrf.org/news/releases/honorary-ffrf-board-announced/|archive-date=17 December 2010}}</ref>