Person    | Male  Born 11/4/1755  Died 21/12/1824

James Parkinson

Physician, geologist, political activist. Parkinson's disease is his. Born 1 Hoxton Square. Died at home, 3 Pleasant Row, Kingsland Road.

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James Parkinson

James Parkinson, 1755 - 1824, physician and geologist, lived here.

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