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20.08.2018 | Editorial
Sir Roger Bannister (1929–2018) and his lifetime contributions to autonomic medicine
verfasst von:
Christopher J. Mathias
Erschienen in:
Clinical Autonomic Research
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Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was born on March 23, 1929. He led an exceptionally full life. He excelled in sport (he was the world’s first sub-4-minute miler), in medicine (neurology and autonomic disorders), and in leadership (he was Chairman of the Sports Council and Master of Pembroke College at Oxford University). He was devoted to his family and close to his friends. He passed away peacefully on March 3, 2018, when we lost a colossal figure in autonomic medicine, a discipline that only became established in the clinical and academic firmament during his lifetime. The focus of this obituary will be his pioneering work and achievements in autonomic medicine. His many other personal and athletic accomplishments have been described elsewhere [
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