# James Parkinson

> James Parkinson was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist, and political activist. He is best known for his 1817 work An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that was later renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot.

*English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-parkinson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1755-04-11
- **Died:** 1824-12-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 20.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #230

## Sources
- [James Parkinson](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [جيمس باركنسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جيمس باركنسون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Джэймс Паркінсон](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Джеймс Паркинсън](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD)
- [জেমস পারকিনসন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8)
- [James Parkinson](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [جیمز پارکینسون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [James Parkinson](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [ג'יימס פרקינסון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [James Parkinson](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [Ճէյմս Փարքինսըն](https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A7%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%93%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A8%D5%B6)
- [James Parkinson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [ジェームズ・パーキンソン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3)
- [James Parkinson](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [Џејмс Паркинсон](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [James Parkinson](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336489)

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