title: John Cavanagh (neurobiologist)
text: # John Cavanagh (neurobiologist)
  
  John Barr Cavanagh (5 May 1921 – 15 October 2019) was professor of applied neurobiology at the Institute of Neurology in London. He was a founder member of the British Neuropathological Society who award a prize in his memory. A collection of papers relating to his investigations into Minamata disease are held by the Wellcome Library.
  
  ## Selected publications
  
  * The Brain in Unclassified Mental Retardation. Churchill Livingstone, London, 1972. (Editor) ISBN 0443009163
  