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Lionel Penrose

British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician, and chess theorist (*1898 – †1972)

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Instance of: human
Born: 11 June 1898
Died: 12 May 1972
Place of birth: London
Place of death: London
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Lionel
Family name: Penrose
Father: James Doyle Penrose
Mother: Elizabeth Josephine Peckover
Spouse: Margaret Leathes
Child: Roger Penrose, Shirley Hodgson, Jonathan Penrose, Oliver Penrose
Sibling: Roland Penrose, Bernard Edmund Penrose, Alexander Peckover Doyle Penrose
Field of work: pediatrics, psychiatry, human genetics, mathematics, chess
Occupation: mathematician, paramedic, psychiatrist, geneticist, chess composer, pediatrician, university teacher, physician
Position held: professor
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
archives at: Albert Sloman Library
educated at: St John's College, Leighton Park School, The Downs, Malvern College Prep School
employer: University College London, The Open University
languages spoken, written or signed: English
member of: Royal Society

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Author of

The biology of mental defect / L. S. Penrose

Parent of

Roger Penrose
Jonathan Penrose
Oliver Penrose
Shirley Hodgson

Spouse of

Margaret Leathes

Child of

James Doyle Penrose
Elizabeth Josephine Peckover

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