Lionel Penrose
Lionel Penrose | |
|---|---|
Penrose, c. 1971 | |
| Born | Lionel Sharples Penrose 11 June 1898 London, UK |
| Died | 12 May 1972 (aged 73) London, UK |
| Spouse |
Margaret Leathes (m. 1928) |
| Children | Oliver Penrose Roger Penrose Jonathan Penrose Shirley Hodgson |
| Father | James Penrose |
| Education | St John's College, Cambridge University of Vienna King's College London |
| Known for | Penrose triangle Penrose method Penrose stairs Penrose's Law Penrose square root law Penrose–Banzhaf index |
| Awards | Lasker Award James Spence Medal 1964. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University College London Western University |
Lionel Sharples Penrose, FRS (11 June 1898 – 12 May 1972) was an English psychiatrist, medical geneticist, paediatrician, mathematician and chess theorist, who carried out pioneering work on the genetics of intellectual disability. Penrose was initially the Galton professor of eugenics (1945–1963) at University College London, before having his title changed to professor of human genetics (1963–1965) at his request. He was later emeritus professor.