Sir Leonard Parsons
Parsons, Sir Leonard Gregory (1879–1950), paediatrician
About Sir Leonard Parsons
Lived 1879 – 1950 (aged 71). Sir Leonard Parsons was a British pediatrician and university teacher.
Sir Leonard Gregory Parsons MRCS FRCP FRCOG FRS (25 November 1879 - 17 December 1950) was a British Paediatrician.
Parsons studied at Mason College and the University of Birmingham from 1896 to 1903. He graduated with a University of London external degree in medicine in 1903.
He was Professor of Paediatrics at Birmingham University and dean of University of Birmingham Medical School. In 1932 he was the first to use synthetic Vitamin C to treat scurvy in children.
Parsons was awarded the Royal College of Physicians’s Moxon Medal in 1942 and delivered their Harveian Oration in 1950. He received a knighthood in 1946. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1948.
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Parsons, Sir Leonard Gregory (1879–1950), paediatrician
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Sir Leonard Parsons was born on 25 November 1879 in United Kingdom.
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Sir Leonard Parsons died on 17 December 1950.
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