About William Alwyn Lishman
Lived 1931 – 2021 (aged 89). William Alwyn Lishman was a psychiatrist.
William Alwyn Lishman (16 May 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a British psychiatrist and neurologist most famous for writing Lishman's Organic Psychiatry, a neuropsychiatry textbook and standard reference for over thirty years in its field. Publishing company Blackwell had sought out Lishman to write the textbook, though he was reluctant until one day he wanted to buy a grand piano, which he did with an advance on the book.
Lishman was the founding chair of the British Neuropsychiatry Association.
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Who was William Alwyn Lishman?
British psychiatrist and neurologist
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William Alwyn Lishman was born on 16 May 1931.
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William Alwyn Lishman died on 24 January 2021.
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William Alwyn Lishman was a psychiatrist.
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