<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Halliday akaberekwa musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1926 muLiverpool kuna William Reginald Halliday naEdith Hilda née Macneile Dixon. Nhoroondo yemhuri yake yaisanganisira madzitateguru akawanda aishanda mune zvokurapa. Halliday akadzidziswa pachikoro cheDauntsey, akadzidza mushonga paYunivhesiti yeGlasgow kwaakapedza kudzidza muna 1949. Muna 1950 akaita basa rake renyika apo akashanda nokuda kwechikamu chemuviri cheuto reBritain. Halliday akashanda pamusoro pomuviri wokudengenyeka kweminwe, uko kwakaratidzika kuva kwakabatana nokurara. Kutsvakurudza kwake kwakanga kuchikosha sezvo vatyairi vendege veBritain pane dzimwe nguva vaibatwa nehope vachibhururuka nguva dzose nokuda kwechiteshi chendege cheBerlin  <response>: . Saizvozvowo, zvakacherechedzwa naArnold Carmichael, mutungamiriri weboka reurophysiology reNational Hospital. Carmichael akanyengetedza Halliday kuti auye kuzoshanda kuNational paakapedza basa rake rokushandira nyika muna 1953. Pakutanga Halliday akabatana neboka rokutsvakurudza, muna 1961 akava chipangamazano mune zvokurapa neurophysiology uye akava mukuru weMedical Research Council yake amene. 