Lionel Penrose

Mathematician, Award Winner

1898 – 1972

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Who was Lionel Penrose?

Lionel Sharples Penrose, FRS was a British psychiatrist, medical geneticist, mathematician and chess theorist, who carried out pioneering work on the genetics of mental retardation.

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Born
Jun 11, 1898
London
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
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Education
  • University of Cambridge
Died
May 12, 1972
London

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on July 23, 2013

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