Anthony Derek Maurice Jackson FRCP FRCPCH (1918–2005) was a British paediatrician, recognised for his pioneering work in the management of cystic fibrosis.[1]
Jackson was born in Dublin in 1918.[1] He obtained his qualification in medicine from Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1943, then served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Holland, Germany, and north Africa.[1]
He later worked as a consultant paediatrician at the London Hospital and in a specialist cystic fibrosis clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children.[2]
He served on the council of the Royal College of Physicians and, for ten years from 1984, as chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's Research and Medical Advisory Committee.[2]
He died on 24 December 2005.[1]