John Langdon Down References John Langdon Down British physician Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Down syndromeBritish physician John Langdon Down first described the physical features of Down syndrome in 1866, and thus the disorder was later named for him. Read MoreBritish physician John Langdon Down first described the physical features of Down syndrome in 1866, and thus the disorder was later named for him. Read More
