Lionel Penrose, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lionel Penrose

British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician, and chess theorist

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 12-May-1972

Profession: mathematician, psychiatrist, paramedic, chess composer, geneticist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lionel Sharples Penrose, FRS (11 June 1898 – 12 May 1972) was an English psychiatrist, medical geneticist, paediatrician, mathematician and chess theorist, who carried out pioneering work on the genetics of intellectual disability.
Penrose was the Galton professor of eugenics (1945-1965), then professor of human genetics (1963–65) at University College London, and later emeritus professor.