Denis John Williams CBE FRCP (1908–1990) was a Welsh neurologist[1] and epileptologist.
[2] Denis Williams graduated from the University of Manchester with BSc in 1929, MB ChB in 1932, and MD in 1935.
[1]In 1936 Denis Williams returned and brought the first electroencephalograph machine that was used regularly for clinical work in the UK.
During WWII he became a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and worked at the Military Hospital for Head Injuries[3] under Charles Symonds, who was knighted in 1946.
[1] Symonds and Williams published in 1943 Clinical and Statistical Study of Neurosis Precipitated by Flying Duties.