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Sir Henry Head, FRS (4 August 1861 – 8 October 1940) was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W. H. R. Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time. Head-Holmes syndrome and Head-Riddoch syndrome are named after him.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 04, 1861
Birth place	Middlesex , Stoke Newington
Nationality	English people
Date of death	October 08, 1940
Place of death	Berkshire , Reading Berkshire
Residence	London , Dorset
Education	Trinity College Cambridge

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