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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| description | 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 fact dates from Jackson’s own lifetime. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0a454db89878499586fedea57a17611a2025-08-20T03:33:31ZengWhitehouse PublishingAdvances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation1473-93482397-267X2025-07-0110.47795/JQUP4220John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911): When did he become the “father of English/British neurology”?Andrew J Larner0University College London, London, UK.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 fact dates from Jackson’s own lifetime.https://acnr.co.uk/articles/father-of-neurology/ |
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