He didn't "discover" it, but he was the first to publish an accurate description of the disease that now bears his name.
He was the son of a physician, and then himself becamse a physician, who had the opportunity to observe several generations of people with the disease, which allwed him to draw conclusions about inheritance as well as symptoms.
He is the first person that described the Huntington disease.
George Huntington who was a young physician, first described the disease in 1872.
Huntington's disease was first described by American physician George Huntington in 1872. He published a paper detailing the symptoms and progression of the disease in several generations of a family living in Long Island, New York.
The first thorough description is attributed to Dr, George Huntington in 1872, although there had been earlier discussions of the disease. Please see link at bottom of the page for more- and contact the Huntington's Disease Society of America for even more information.
Chorea
George Huntington was born in 1850.
George Huntington died in 1916.
George Sumner Huntington died on 1927-01-05.
George Sumner Huntington was born on 1861-03-21.
George Huntington Hartford died on 1917-08-29.
George Huntington Hartford was born on 1833-09-05.
Huntington Hartford's birth name is George Huntington Hartford II.