| Authorised form of name | Penrose; Lionel Sharples (1898 - 1972) |
| Dates | 1898 - 1972 |
| Date of birth | 11 June 1898 |
| Date of death | 12/05/1972 |
| Activity | Career:
Professor of Human Genetics, University College, London; creator, with his son Sir Roger, of the Penrose Staircase
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1953 |
| Relationships | Father of Sir Roger Penrose (FRS 1972); son-in-law of John Beresford Leathes (FRS 1911) |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 521-561, plate, by Harry Harris
References:
David C Watt, 'Lionel Penrose, FRS (1898-1972) and Eugenics: Part One' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 137-151, plate
David C Watt, 'Lionel Penrose, FRS (1898-1972) and Eugenics. Part Two' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 339-354 |
| Code | NA7958 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1953/18 | Penrose, Lionel Sharples: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/50/84 | Referee's report by Ronald Aylmer Fisher, on a paper 'The relative aetiological importance of birth order and maternal age in [mongolism]' by Lionel Sharples Penrose | May 1934 |
| IM/GA/AR/6934 | Penrose, Lionel Sharples | nd |