parkinson

• Nom propre désignant un patronyme, connu notamment grâce à James Parkinson, chirurgien anglais qui a décrit la maladie de Parkinson, et à Cyril Northcote Parkinson, historien britannique célèbre pour la loi de Parkinson.

A proper noun referring to a surname, notably associated with James Parkinson, an English surgeon who first described Parkinson's disease, and C. Northcote Parkinson, a British historian known for Parkinson's Law.

indénombrable · nom propre

1. C1formalbritish

   James Parkinson (1755-1824), an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, and paleontologist, best known for his 1817 work 'An Essay on the Shaking Palsy', which first described the condition later named Parkinson's disease.

   James Parkinson, médecin anglais

   • James Parkinson was a pioneering surgeon in London.
   • Parkinson's detailed observations of the shaking palsy were groundbreaking.
   • The medical community honors Parkinson for his early description of the disease.

2. British historianC1formalbritish

   C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), a British naval historian and author, famous for formulating 'Parkinson's Law', which states that 'work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion'.

   historien britannique (C. Northcote Parkinson)

   • Parkinson's Law is a humorous critique of bureaucratic inefficiency.
   • C. Northcote Parkinson wrote extensively about the nature of administration.
   • His satirical observations on bureaucracy remain widely quoted today.