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    James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best...
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    Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor...
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  • James Parkinson (1755–1824) was an English apothecary, surgeon, geologist, paleontologist and political activist, for whom Parkinson's disease is named...
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  • James Parkinson (1653–1722) was an English clergyman, college fellow, schoolmaster, and polemical writer. The son of James Parkinson, he was born at Witney...
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  • James Parkinson (baptised 28 February 1730, St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury – 25 February 1813) was an English land agent and the proprietor of the Leverian...
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    The history of Parkinson's disease expands from 1817, when British apothecary James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, to modern times...
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    Craig Parkinson (born 11 March 1976) is an English actor and podcaster. He has played Shaun in the E4 series Misfits, twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the...
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  • James Parkinson (9 November 1862 – 6 December 1927) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers. James Parkinson...
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    remarkable. James Parkinson came into possession of the collection of Sir Ashton Lever quite by chance: Lever put it up as a lottery prize, Parkinson's wife...
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  • James W. Parkinson (September 10, 1829 – January 28, 1897) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin...
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    This James Parkinson is best known as the first scientific description of a disease he called the Shaking Palsy, now referred to as Parkinson's disease...
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    the first word in a sentence). For example, in Parkinson disease (named after James Parkinson), Parkinson is capitalized, but disease is not. In addition...
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    and conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Gogarty was born 17 August 1878 in Rutland Square...
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  • Nation Player 4 DF  BEL Isaac Donkor 5 DF  ENG Leon Moore 6 DF  GIB James Parkinson 7 FW  NED Amoros Nshimirimana 8 MF  GIB Julio Bado 9 FW  GIB Ángel...
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    Micrographia (handwriting) (category Parkinson's disease)
    physical dexterity. James Parkinson may have been aware of micrographia in patients with shaking palsy (later renamed Parkinson's disease), when he described...
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    Burke. from the Swinish Multitude was a widely reviewed pamphlet by James Parkinson published in 1793 under his pseudonym "Old Hubert" in response and...
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  • Parkinson was a British television chat show presented by Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on BBC One from 19 June 1971 to 10 April 1982 and from...
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    (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Hone 1943, p. 83. Papp, James R. "Review [The Rhymers' Club: Poets of the Tragic Generation by Norman...
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  • James Joseph Parkinson (15 November 1869 – 16 September 1948) was an Irish politician. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1922 to 1936 and from 1938...
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    Paracelsus Dante Alighieri James Parkinson Silvanus Bevan Hendrik Claudius Émile Coué Nicholas Culpeper John Keats Nostradamus John Parkinson Joseph Proust Nicholas...
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    zoological laws, as for the history of the globe." In a 1822 work by James Parkinson, William Daniel Conybeare coined the genus Mosasaurus from the Latin...
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  • Keith James Parkinson (born 28 January 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played in the Football League...
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  • Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered...
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  • Parkinson's disease (PD). Parkinson-plus syndromes are either inherited genetically or occur sporadically. Atypical parkinsonism and other Parkinson-plus...
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    Famous people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Alan Alda (born 1936), American actor. Steve Alten (born 1959), American author. Alex Band...
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    Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit...
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  • Arthur Parkinson (born 1992–3) is a gardener, award-winning broadcaster, best-selling author, influencer, artist and florist. Parkinson was born in 1992–3...
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    Rotunda just across the Thames, sometimes called Parkinson's Museum for its subsequent owner, James Parkinson (c. 1730-1813). Lever collected fossils, shells...
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  • Daniel James Parkinson is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He played in the Football League for Morecambe. Parkinson came through the...
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    Joseph T. Parkinson (1783 - May 1855, London) was an English architect. He was the son of land agent and museum proprietor James Parkinson. He was articled...
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