Background
Townsend, Horace Robert Allen was born on June 1, 1929 in Felixtowe, Suffolk, England. Son of Atwell Allen and Cecilia Columba (Devlin) Townsend.
Townsend, Horace Robert Allen was born on June 1, 1929 in Felixtowe, Suffolk, England. Son of Atwell Allen and Cecilia Columba (Devlin) Townsend.
House officer, Stroud General Hospital, 1952-1953;
registrar, Maida Vale Hospital, London, 1953-1959;
senior registrar, National Hospital, London, 1954-1962;
consultant clinical neurophysiology, N.E. Metropolitan Region, England, 1962-1967;
consultant clinical neurophysiology, senior lecturer, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1967-1980;
consultant clinical neurophysiology, senior lecturer, National Hospital, London, 1980-1994;
retired, 1994;
honorary consultant emeritus, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London. Honorary consultant Medical Research Council Brain Metabolism Unit, Edinburgh, 1972-1980. Visiting scholar Stanford (California) U., 1979.
Honorary research fellow Machine Intelligence Research Unit, Edinburgh, 1980-1985. Chairman British Studies Institute Technology Committee Houston Community College/110, London, 1987-1994.
Squadron leader Royal Air Force Medical Service, 1953-1955. Fellow Royal College Surgeons. Member British Society Clinical Neurophysiology (member committee 1957-1961), Electrophysiol.
Technologists Association (honorary, president 1960-1962), British Computer Society.
Married Mary Esther Jackson, November 11, 1954. Children: Patricia, Allen.