Английская Википедия:Denis John Williams

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Denis John Williams Шаблон:Post-nominals (1908–1990) was a Welsh neurologist[1] and epileptologist.[2]

Biography

Denis Williams graduated from the University of Manchester with BSc in 1929, MB ChB in 1932, and MD in 1935. Шаблон:Blockquote

In 1936 Denis Williams returned and brought the first electroencephalograph machine that was used regularly for clinical work in the UK.[1] He qualified MRCP in 1937 and graduated MSc in 1938. During WWII he became a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and worked at the Military Hospital for Head Injuries[3] under Charles Symonds, who was knighted in 1946. Williams graduated DSc in 1942 and was elected FRCP in 1943.[1] Symonds and Williams published in 1943 Clinical and Statistical Study of Neurosis Precipitated by Flying Duties.[4] Williams was promoted to wing commander before demobilisation.

He was appointed in 1946 physician to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and to St George’s Hospital.[1] In the late 1940s he was a mentor to Basil Gerald Parsons-Smith.[5] In 1951 Williams was appointed Civil Consultant in Neurology and Electroencephalography to the RAF.[6] In 1955 he gave the Bradshaw Lecture[7] and was appointed CBE. He retired from St George's Hospital in 1968 and from the National Health Service in 1974. In 1971 he was a founder trustee of the Brain Research Trust. For a number of years he was the editor of Brain: A Journal of Neurology.[1]

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See also

List of Welsh medical pioneers

Selected publications

References

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