Sir Gabriel Horn (9 December 1927 – 2 August 2012) was a British neuroscientist and Professor in Natural Sciences (Zoology) at the University of Cambridge.
[3] He left the school at 16 to work in his parents' shop and studied part-time for a National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering, achieving distinction.
He became a Lecturer and then a Reader, before leaving to become Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bristol in 1974.
He was Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1992 to 1999 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1994 to 1997.
[4] He was knighted in the 2002 New Year Honours "for services to Neurobiology and to the Advancement of Scientific Research".