Honorific-Prefix: | Sir |
George Hare Philipson | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MD, FRCP, Hon DCL, Hon LLD |
Office: | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham |
Term Start: | 1910 |
Term End: | 1912 |
Predecessor: | Prof Frank Byron Jevons |
Successor: | The Very Revd Prof Henry Gee |
Office2: | President of the British Medical Association |
Term Start2: | 1893 |
Term End2: | 1893 |
Predecessor2: | Dr John Croft |
Successor2: | Dr Andrew Carrick |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1836 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Death Date: | 24 January 1918 (aged 81) |
Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Alma Mater: | University College London, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Profession: | Academic and Vice-Chancellor |
Signature: | George Hare Philipson signature.png |
Sir George Hare Philipson, M.D., F.R.C.P. (18 May 1836 – 24 January 1918) was an English physician knighted in 1900.[1]
He was educated at University College, London and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1876 until his death in 1918 he was professor of Medicine at Durham University. He was elected the President of the British Medical Association for the year 1893.[2]