Blue Plaque for one of Britain’s first black British medical consultants

One of Britain’s first black British consultants, the pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque.
Dr Risien Russell, a Guyanese-British physician, neurologist, professor of medicine, and professor of medical jurisprudence, played a critical role in establishing the British school of neurology in the 1890s and was revered in his day.
Dr Risien Russell (c) English Heritage
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