Sir John Peter Mills Tizard (1 April 1916, London – 27 October 1993,

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) was a British

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and professor at the

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. Tizard was principally notable for important research into neonatology and paediatric neurology and being a founder member of the Neonatal Society in 1959.} Tizard was considered the most distinguished academic children's physician of his generation.

Life

Tizard was the eldest of three sons of Sir Henry Tizard KCB, who was the chief scientific adviser to the government at the outbreak of the

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. Tizard came from a prominent intellectual family – his father, his grandfather and his younger brother were all members of the

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. Indeed, Sir Henry Tizard was the man who many believed was responsible for establishing the

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network that saved Great Britain during the

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