James Parsons Burkitt died in 1959.
James Parsons Burkitt was born in 1870.
Denis Parsons Burkitt died on 1993-03-23.
Denis Parsons Burkitt was born on 1911-02-28.
James A. Parsons died in 1945.
James Benton Parsons died in 1993.
James R. Parsons died in 1905.
William Burkitt died in 1703.
Francis Crawford Burkitt died in 1935.
Jack Burkitt died on 2003-09-12.
Denis Parsons Burkitt, a British surgeon, is known for his discovery of a type of cancer known as Burkitt's lymphoma. He also worked extensively on the relationship between diet and disease, particularly the role of high-fiber diets in preventing colorectal cancer.
Burkitt's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system. It is named after Denis Parsons Burkitt, a surgeon who first described the disease in 1956 while working in equatorial Africa. While it is true that it does affect mostly children, it also has been found in a few adults.
James Benton Parsons was born in 1911.