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John Langdon Down

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The source records Torpoint as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

John Langdon Down
Photo: Sydney Hodges, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Report the wrong picture
Birthplace
Torpoint
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What is recorded here

Why this person is known: British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896)

From Wikidata Q315940

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Picture notes
  • Kevin Hale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this garden.
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Lewis Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Tony Atkin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephen Craven, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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