# 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

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.6 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 68.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #132

## Sources
- [詹姆斯·帕金森](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%B8%95%E9%87%91%E6%A3%AE)
- [James Parkinson](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [James Parkinson](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Parkinson)
- [Паркинсон, Джеймс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81)
- [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)
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- [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)
- [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)
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- [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)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336489)

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