Sir Leonard Gregory PARSONS, MRCS FRCP FRCOG FRS

1879 - 1950  (71 years)

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• Name	Leonard Gregory PARSONS
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	MRCS FRCP FRCOG FRS
  Relationship	with Henry Walter ROLFE
  Birth	25 Nov 1879	Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Award	1942
  	Royal College of Physicians’s Moxon Medal
  Award	1946
  	Knighted
  Occupation	Birmingham University, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
  	Professor of Paediatrics
  Death	17 Dec 1950	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Phineas PARSONS,   c. 26 May 1822, St. John's Church, Halesowen, Dudley, Worcestershire, England d. 25 Sep 1895  (Age ~ 73 years)  (Grandfather)  Sarah HALLAM  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I58020	Rolfe Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Theophilus Lessey PARSONS,   b. 1853, Kingswinford, Dudley, Staffordshire, England d. 10 Apr 1934, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Anne SHARPE,   b. 1852, Ruddington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d. 12 May 1916 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1878	West Bromwich, Sandwell, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F21019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel May MANTLE,   b. 14 Feb 1884, Leominster, Herefordshire, England
  Marriage	30 Apr 1908	Catford Wesleyan Chapel, Lewisham, London, Kent, England
  Family ID	F21025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 17 Dec 1950 - Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  First person to use synthetic Vitamin C to treat scurvy in children