Background
Cavanagh, John Barr was born on May 5, 1921 in Sheerness, Kent, England. Son of John Duncan Macaulay Cavanagh and Laura Elena Louise Gladys Barr.
Cavanagh, John Barr was born on May 5, 1921 in Sheerness, Kent, England. Son of John Duncan Macaulay Cavanagh and Laura Elena Louise Gladys Barr.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, London Hospital Medical School, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, London University, 1966.
Lecturer in pathology, London Hospital Medical College, 1948-1950;
research fellow in neuropathology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, 1951-1962;
reader in neuropathology, Guy's Hospital Medical School, 1962-1964;
director research group in applied neurobiology, Institute Neurology, London, 1964-1975;
professor applied neurobiology, Institute Neurology, London, 1970-1986;
professor emeritus, Institute Neurology, London, since 1986. Visiting fellow St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, England, 1986-1987. Honorary research fellow Institute Psychiatric, since 1994.
Consultant Medical Research Council toxicology unit U. Leicester,1992-.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1946-1948.
Married Sheila Ross Fisher, March 31, 1951 (divorced 1964). Children: Charlotte Patricia, Eleanor Louise Hamilton, John Francis. Married Marion Elisabeth Dennison, December 6, 1965.
Children: Elisabeth Clare, Amy Madeleine.