James Purdon Martin

James Purdon Martin (1893–1984) was a British neurologist.

Biography After education at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, J. Purdon Martin matriculated in 1912 at Queen's University Belfast and graduated there in with BA in 1915 and MA in 1918. During WWI he attempted to enlist in the British Army but he was graded as medically unfit because of his severe psoriasis. He graduated MB BCh BAO in 1920 and MD in 1922. He held a house appointment in Liverpool for about a year and then in March 1921 joined the staff of London's National Hospital for Nervous Diseases. There he was appointed to the consultant staff in 1925 and was dean of the medical school from 1944 to 1948. and in 1963 the Arris and Gale lecture on Basal ganglia and locomotion. He was joint editor of Neurology for a number of years. For the academic year 1959–1960 he was a visiting professor at the University of Colorado Denver.

Martin married in 1922, was bereaved in 1937, and married again in 1947. He married Dr. Majorie Ada Blandy (1892-1937) in 1922. His second marriage, in 1947, was to Janet Smiles Ferguson (nee Nichols) (1895-1978). There were two sons from his first marriage. There were no children from his second marriage.

Selected publications with J. G. Greenfield:

with N. S. Alcock:

with Denis Williams: with H. L. Sheehan:

with H. L. Sheehan: