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Frederick Eustace Batten (29 September 1865 – 27 July 1918) was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology".

Biography

Frederick Batten was born on 29 September 1865 in Plymouth.^[1] He attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge,^[2] and graduated in medicine in 1891 from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in London. He worked as a pathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and as a physician at the National Hospital. He obtained his doctorate in 1895, became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1901, and was elected dean in 1908. Batten disease was named after him after he first described it in 1903.

Batten died from infection after a routine prostatectomy.^[3]

Eponym

Batten disease

References

^ "Frederick Eustace Batten". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
^ "Batten, Frederick Eustace (BTN884FE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Sara Mole; Ruth Williams; Hans Goebel (10 March 2011). The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (Batten Disease). Oxford University Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-19-959001-8.

External links

Frederick Eustace Batten (www.whonamedit.com)

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[RCP-1] "Frederick Eustace Batten". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[2] "Batten, Frederick Eustace (BTN884FE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Sara Mole; Ruth Williams; Hans Goebel (10 March 2011). The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (Batten Disease). Oxford University Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-19-959001-8.

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+{{Short description|English neurologist and pediatrician}}
-'''Frederick Eustace Batten''' (September 29, 1865 – 1918) was an English [[neurologist]] and [[pediatrician]] who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology."
+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
+[[File:Frederick Batten 1894.jpg|thumb|Frederick Batten in 1894]]
+'''Frederick Eustace Batten''' (29 September 1865 – 27 July 1918) was an English [[neurologist]] and [[pediatrician]] who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology".
+==Biography==
-Frederick Eustace Batten attended [[Westminster School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{Venn|id=BTN884FE|name=Batten, Frederick Eustace}}</ref> and graduated in medicine in 1891 from [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]] in London. He worked as a pathologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and as a physician at the National Hospital. He obtained his doctorate in 1895, became a fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] in 1901, and was elected dean in 1908.
+Frederick Batten was born on 29 September 1865 in Plymouth.<ref name="RCP">{{cite web |title=Frederick Eustace Batten |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/frederick-eustace-batten |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> He attended [[Westminster School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]],<ref>{{acad|id=BTN884FE|name=Batten, Frederick Eustace}}</ref> and graduated in medicine in 1891 from [[St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College]] in London. He worked as a pathologist at the [[Great Ormond Street Hospital|Hospital for Sick Children]] and as a physician at the National Hospital. He obtained his doctorate in 1895, became a fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] in 1901, and was elected dean in 1908. [[Batten disease]] was named after him after he first described it in 1903.
+Batten died from infection after a routine [[prostatectomy]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sara Mole|authorlink1=Sara Mole|author2=Ruth Williams|author3=Hans Goebel|title=The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (Batten Disease)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFaYzRyqXu0C&pg=PA10|date=10 March 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-959001-8|pages=10–}}</ref>
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
+==Eponym==
+*[[Batten disease]]
 == Further reading ==
 *{{cite journal|title=Eponym: Frederick E. Batten: father of pediatric neurology
 |author=E. Chaves-Carballo
-|journal=Southern Medical Journal|date=November 1979|volume=71|issue=11|pages=1428–1429.|pmid=362542}}
+|journal=Southern Medical Journal|date=1979|volume=71|issue=11|pages=1428–1429|pmid=362542|doi=10.1097/00007611-197811000-00033}}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/7.html Frederick Eustace Batten (www.whonamedit.com)]
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+[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
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