John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911): When did he become the “father of English/British neurology”?

This article examines some of the published references to John Hughlings Jackson as the “father of English neurology”, the “father of British neurology”, or even the “father of Neurology”.  These publications show that, rather than being a retrospective, posthumous signifier, this terminology in fac...

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Main Author: Andrew J Larner
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Published: Whitehouse Publishing 2025-07-01
Series:Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://acnr.co.uk/articles/father-of-neurology/
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Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation
title John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911): When did he become the “father of English/British neurology”?
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