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Events on Tuesday 21 December 1824 1
1755 – 1824James Parkinson (1755-1824)Died 21 December 1824, aged 69English surgeon and geologist who, in his 1817 "Essay on the Shaking Palsy," gave the first detailed medical description of the condition later named Parkinson's disease in his honor. He also wrote on paleontology and was involved in radical politics earlier in his life.