Gordon, Neil

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Gordon, Neil
Date of birth
1918-05-28
Date of death
2010-11-09
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 51795468
Wikidata: Q55624932
Library of congress: n 77004770
HUJ10: 000059555
Sources of Information
  • GB 77-05465
  • NLM files, 12-03-87(hdg.: Gordon, Neil)
  • His Paediatric neurology for the clinician, 1976:t.p. (Neil Gordon)
  • Children with neurological disorders, 1986:t.p. (Neil Gordon, MD, FRCP, consultant paediatric neurologist, Booth C. Hall Children's Hosp., Manchester)
  • Biog. resource center, Jan. 16, 2007(Neil Simson Gordon; b. May 28, 1918, Edinburgh, Scotland; retired pediatric neurologist; MD, Edinburgh U., 1943; cons. pediat. neurologist, Nat. Health Svc., Manchester Children's Hosp., 1958-83)

Wikipedia description:

Neil Simson Gordon (28 May 1918 – 9 November 2010) was a Scottish paediatric neurologist, who conducted research into eponymic diseases including chronic handicaps, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, disorders of languages and learning disabilities. Gordon was one of the first to initiate comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment centres for children. He has been described as the "wise grand old man of UK paediatric neurology" and first specialist paediatric neurologist to be appointed outside London.

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