About John Cavanagh
Lived 1921 – 2019 (aged 97–98). John Cavanagh was a British neurobiologist and university teacher.
John Barr Cavanagh (5 May 1921 – 15 October 2019) was professor of applied neurobiology at the Institute of Neurology in London. He was a founder member of the British Neuropathological Society who award a prize in his memory. A collection of papers relating to his investigations into Minamata disease are held by the Wellcome Library.
Selected publications The Brain in Unclassified Mental Retardation. Churchill Livingstone, London, 1972. (Editor)
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Who was John Cavanagh?
British neurobiologist
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John Cavanagh was born in 1921 in Sheerness.
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John Cavanagh died in 2019.
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John Cavanagh was a neurobiologist and university teacher.
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John Cavanagh was British.
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