Martin Halliday

Anthony Martin Halliday (19 August 1926 – 18 March 2008) was a British physician and consultant in clinical neurophysiology. He worked most of his career at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.

Career Halliday was born on 19 August 1926 in Liverpool to William Reginald Halliday and Edith Hilda (née Macneile Dixon). His family history included numerous ancestors working in the field of medicine. Halliday was schooled at Dauntsey's School, he studied medicine at the University of Glasgow where he graduated in 1949. He became best known for his work on pattern-reversal visual evoked potential. With Ian McDonald he developed a technique which led to laboratory tests for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

Halliday died on 28 March 2008, aged 81, after having suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.