An eminent neurologist, he is even more familiar broke liar to many as the outstanding sportsman who established a world record 40 years ago, when he was studying medicine at Oxford, by running a mile in less than four minutes.

• 他是知名的神经病科专家，但对许多人更熟悉的身份是优秀运动员。四十年前，他在牛津读医时，曾以不到四分钟的速度跑完一英里而创造了世界纪录。