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Robert Butler
 — Championed elderly people and promoted gerontology as an academic discipline
Author(s)Ned Stafford
Journal titleBritish Medical Journal, vol 341, no 7766, 31 July 2010
Pagesp 251 (Obituaries)
Sourcewww.bmj.com BMJ2010;341:c4051
KeywordsGeriatricians ; Biographies ; United States of America.
AnnotationThis is the BMJ's obituary of Robert N Butler, psychiatrist (b 1927; q 1953 Columbia) who died on 4 July 2010. Amongst his many achievements, Butler borrowed from the terms racism and sexism to coin the widely used word "ageism" to describe age discrimination. For the last fifteen years of his life, Butler was the President and CEO of the International Longevity Center in New York. (KJ).
Accession NumberCPA-100803202 A
ClassmarkQT4: 67: 7T *

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