He was a founding member of the Geological Society
He was a founding member of the Geological Society of London, and his books on the subject include Outlines of Oryctology and Organic Remains of a Former World. He argued that coal was produced by the "bituminous fermentation" of plants, but he is better known for his medical work, which include a definitive treatise on gout and what may be the first English description of appendicitis. FTP, identify this scientist, whose 1817 An Essay on the Shaking Palsy gave the classic description of the neurological disorder now named for him.
He was a founding member of the Geological Society of London, and his books on the subject include Outlines of Oryctology and Organic Remains of a Former World.
James {Parkinson}