Anthony Jackson (paediatrician)
Dr Anthony Jackson FRCP, FRCPCH | |
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![]() Tony Jackson | |
Born | Anthony Derek Maurice Jackson 1918 |
Died | 24 December 2005 |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Other names | Tony |
Education | Middlesex Hospital Medical School |
Occupation | Paediatrician |
Anthony Derek Maurice Jackson FRCP FRCPCH (1918–2005) was a British paediatrician, recognised for his pioneering work in the management of cystic fibrosis.[1]
Life[]
Jackson was born in Dublin in 1918.[1] He obtained his qualification in medicine from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1943, then served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Holland, Germany, and north Africa.[1]
He later worked as a consultant paediatrician at the London Hospital and in a specialist cystic fibrosis clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children.[2]
He served on the council of the Royal College of Physicians and, for ten years from 1984, as chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's Research and Medical Advisory Committee.[2]
He died on 24 December 2005.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Jackson, S.; Caulfield, M. (20 June 2017). "Tony Jackson". BMJ. 332 (7538): 426. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7538.426. ISSN 1756-1833. PMC 1370985.
- ^ a b Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). Cystic Fibrosis. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-086-1. Wikidata Q29581681.
External links[]
- Anthony Jackson on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2005 deaths
- British paediatricians
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- Fellows of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
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