Lorna Wing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lorna Wing

British autism researcher

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1928

Place of Birth: Gillingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Jun-2014

Profession: psychiatrist, child psychiatrist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Lorna Gladys Wing, OBE, FRCPsych (7 October 1928 – 6 June 2014) was an English psychiatrist.
She was a pioneer in the field of childhood developmental disorders who advanced understanding of autism worldwide, introduced the term Asperger syndrome in 1976 and was involved in founding the National Autistic Society (NAS) in the UK.