Frank Norman Wilson

Frank Norman Wilson (19 November 1890 – 11 September 1952) is an American cardiologist known primarily for his contributions to electrocardiography.

He was the only child of Norman Orlando Wilson, a farmer, and Mary Holtz Wilson. He studied at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, first graduating with a bachelor of Science degree in 1911, later graduating with a medical degree in 1913 from the same university.

“Our modern understanding of the electrocardiogram comes, in large part, from the lifelong research and teaching of Frank Norman Wilson. In his prime, Wilson dominated used of the electrocardiogram as only two men, Thomas Lewis and Willem Einthoven, had before him, and as none has done since.”

Wilson was the first person to describe Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.