William Ritchie Russell
Introduction


**William Ritchie Russell** [CBE](/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire "Order of the British Empire") [FRSE](/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh "Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh") (7 February 1903 – 8 December 1980\) was a 20th\-century Scottish [neurologist](/wiki/Neurology "Neurology").


What were some of the most significant contributions of William Ritchie Russell to neurology?