TY - JOUR T1 - Sir Leonard Parsons of Birmingham (1879–1950) and antenatal paediatrics JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F65 LP - F67 DO - 10.1136/fn.86.1.F65 VL - 86 IS - 1 AU - P M Dunn Y1 - 2002/01/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/86/1/F65.abstract N2 - Born and educated in the Midlands, Sir Leonard Parsons made major contributions to the field of paediatrics in that area and played a leading role in the regional organisation of this specialty throughout the United Kingdom in the later years of his life. He was a founder member and later President of the British Paediatric Association, and later became Vice-President of the International Pediatric Congress and the President of the paediatric section of the Royal Society of Medicine. ER -