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One month later, Australian John Landy broke Bannister's record. After graduation from Oxford, Bannister became a neurologist, edited several neurological journals, and served on various British sports councils.<p><b>Father:</b> Ralph Bannister (civil servant)<br><b>Mother:</b> Alice<br><b>Wife:</b> Moyra Elver Jacobsson (m. 1955, until his death, two daughters, two sons)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Charlotte<br><b>Son:</b> Clive<br><b>Daughter:</b> Erin<br><b>Son:</b> Thurstan<br><p> High School: City of Bath Boys School<br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">Oxford University</a><br> Medical School: St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, Paddington, London<br><p> <a href="/org/863/000133464/">Academy of Achievement</a> (2001)<br> <a href="/honors/036/000048889/">Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year</a> 1954<br> <a href="/honors/853/000052697/">Knight of the British Empire</a> 1975<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>First Four Minutes</i> (<tt>1955</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=46484"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=46484">Roger Bannister</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=46484" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>