TY - JOUR AU1 - Struhal, Walter AU2 - Thijs, Roland AU3 - Pavy–Le Traon, Anne AU4 - Wenning, Gregor AU5 - Senard, Jean AB - Clinical Autonomic Research (2018) 28:351 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-018-0535-x LE T TER TO  THE   EDITOR 1 1 1 1 1 Walter Struhal  · Roland D Thijs  · Anne Pavy–Le Traon  · Gregor Wenning  · Jean Michel Senard Received: 27 April 2018 / Accepted: 15 May 2018 / Published online: 30 May 2018 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 With great sadness The European Federation of Autonomic autonomic dysfunctions, including acute autonomic neurop- Societies (EFAS) reports the death of Sir Roger Bannister athy, and he developed tests for structured and precise meas- on March 3, 2018. Sir Roger Bannister was born on March urements of the autonomic nervous system. In addition, he 23 1929 in Harrow, England. Following his school exams focused on multiple system atrophy and pure autonomic fail- he attended the University College School, London, where ure and broadened the spectrum of management strategies. he obtained his undergraduate degree, followed by medical Sir Roger Bannister was a neurologist at St Mary’s Hos- school at Oxford University. pital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neuro- Sir Roger Bannister was one of the best runners of his surgery in Queen Square and initiated Autonomic Units at time. He became famous worldwide as the first runner to TI - In memoriam: Sir Roger Bannister 1929–2018 JF - Clinical Autonomic Research DO - 10.1007/s10286-018-0535-x DA - 2018-05-30 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/in-memoriam-sir-roger-bannister-1929-2018-ESwnOIj0Um SP - 351 EP - 351 VL - 28 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -