title: Contribution and legacy of John Wing, 1923-2010.
abstract: The death of Professor John Wing, one of the giants of 20th-century British and world psychiatry, rightly deserves to be marked by a tribute in the British Journal of Psychiatry. This article has been prepared by four people who knew John personally and through his work, his partner in private and work life, a colleague in Great Britain and one abroad and a pupil, which are set out as four separate contributions. John was born on 22 October 1923. He died on 18 April 2010, aged 87.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK. tsb@le.ac.uk
authors.forename: Traolach S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Brugha
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sartorius
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom