Frank Tardrew Falkner FRCP MRCP MRCS[1] (October 27, 1918 – August 21, 2003) was a British-born American biologist and pediatrician known for his expertise on child development.
[3][4] After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a medical degree in 1945, he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England, prior to joining the faculty of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in January 1956.
He remained on the faculty of the University of Louisville until 1968, initially serving as an assistant professor of child health there, and eventually rising to chair their Department of Pediatrics.
His positions within the University of California system included serving as chair of the Department of Social and Administrative Health Sciences from 1983 to 1987 and of the Maternal and Child Health Program from 1981 to 1989, both at the University of California, Berkeley.
He died in his sleep on August 21, 2003, at his home in Berkeley, California, after suffering from prostate cancer.