James Parkinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Parkinson

English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1755

Place of Birth: Shoreditch, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1824

Profession: physician, politician, pharmacist, geologist, surgeon, neurologist, paleontologist, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

James Parkinson FGS (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist, and political activist.
He is best known for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot.