Charles francis bolton
| Charles Francis Bolton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932 (age 84–85) |
| Education | |
| Occupation | professor of neurology |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Katherine Kline (m. 1956) |
Charles Francis Bolton, MD, CM, MS, FRCP(C) (born 1932), is a Canadian professor of neurology at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. He was first to describe critical illness polyneuropathy in a series of patients.
Dr. Bolton earned his medical degree from Queen’s University. He then trained in neurology at the University of Saskatchewan and subsequently at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He also trained in electromyography at Mayo Clinic.
He has investigated and written extensively on neurological complications in the intensive care unit, especially of a neuromuscular nature. He has also described techniques for electrophysiological investigations of the neuromuscular respiratory system.
Charles Bolton was born in Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1932. A paternal great, great grandfather, James Bolton, founded the town of Bolton, Ontario in 1794. Charles Bolton’s father, Frank R. Bolton, was an officer in World War I and World War II, and was President (1940–41) of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. His uncle, Lambert Ernest Stanley Bolton, killed in World War I, was honored by having Mount Bolton in the Canadian Rockies named after him. His mother, Mary Grace, graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA and was a member of the famous St. Olaf Choir. In 1956, Bolton married Margaret Katherine (nee Lawford, BA, University of Saskatchewan) while she was working for the Department of Public Health in the Swift Current Health Unit; one of the forerunners of Medicare (Canada). Margaret's mother, Dorothy K. Kline, was an esteemed biochemist at the University of Saskatchewan. Bolton and Margaret together had David, Katherine and Nancy (Turock).
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