James Parkinson | |
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| Born | 11 April 1755 Hoxton, London, England |
| Died | 21 December 1824 (aged 69) Hoxton, London, England |
| Resting place | St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch |
| Alma mater | The London Hospital |
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| Known for | First description of Parkinson's disease |
| Spouse |
Mary Dale (m. 1783) |
| Children | 8 |
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James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824)[1] was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best known for his 1817 work An Essay on the Shaking Palsy,[2] in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot.
- ^ Lewis, Cherry; Knell, Simon J. (2009). The making of the Geological Society of London. Geological Society. pp. 62 & 83. ISBN 978-1-86239-277-9.
- ^ Parkinson, James (1817). An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. London: Sherwood Neely and Jones.