Bryan Jennett (1926– 2008) was a pioneering Professor of Neurosurgery who established Glasgow as a world centre in the speciality and made major advances in the care and management of patients. Under his leadership the city became a global centre for innovation in Neuroscience and attracted a generation of international collaborators and trainees to the extent that his ‘Glasgow School’ has left an extraordinarily widespread legacy. He influenced ...
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Bryan Jennett (1926– 2008) was a pioneering Professor of Neurosurgery who established Glasgow as a world centre in the speciality and made major advances in the care and management of patients. Under his leadership the city became a global centre for innovation in Neuroscience and attracted a generation of international collaborators and trainees to the extent that his ‘Glasgow School’ has left an extraordinarily widespread legacy. He influenced not only fundamental improvements in treatment for head-injured patients but the methodology, philosophy and ethical approach of clinicians and academics alike in the wider medical field.
Born in Twickenham to Scottish and Irish parents, Jennett flirted with agriculture before choosing medicine. Later, he was to discover that the Lanarkshire based farming dynasty from which he was descended had produced no fewer than five Doctor Loudons including one who was physician to David Livingstone the explorer. His early achievements at Liverpool...
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