Denis Williams graduated from the
University of Manchester with BSc in 1929,
MB ChB in 1932, and
MD in 1935. In 1936 Denis Williams returned and brought the first
electroencephalograph machine that was used regularly for clinical work in the UK. under
Charles Symonds, who was knighted in 1946. Williams graduated DSc in 1942 and was elected FRCP in 1943. Williams was promoted to wing commander before demobilisation. He was appointed in 1946 physician to the
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and to
St George’s Hospital. In 1951 Williams was appointed Civil Consultant in Neurology and Electroencephalography to the
RAF. In 1955 he gave the
Bradshaw Lecture and was appointed CBE. He retired from St George's Hospital in 1968 and from the
National Health Service in 1974. In 1971 he was a founder trustee of the
Brain Research Trust. For a number of years he was the editor of
Brain: A Journal of Neurology. == See also ==