Anthony Jackson (paediatrician)

Anthony Derek Maurice Jackson FRCP FRCPCH (1918–2005), also known as Tony, was a British paediatrician, recognised for his pioneering work in the management of cystic fibrosis.[1]

Dr

Anthony Jackson

FRCP, FRCPCH
Tony Jackson
Born
Anthony Derek Maurice Jackson

1918
Died(2005-12-24)24 December 2005
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Other namesTony
EducationMiddlesex Hospital Medical School
OccupationPaediatrician

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]

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References
  1. "Tony Jackson". BMJ. 332: 426. 20 June 2017. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7538.426. ISSN 1756-1833. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. 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


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