George Pickering (physician) explained
Sir George White Pickering, FRS (26 June 1904 – 3 September 1980) was an English medical doctor and academic.
Biography
Pickering was Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford from 1956 to 1968, and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1975.[1] [2] [3]
He was a Governor of Abingdon School from 1969 until 1974.[4] Pickering was the author of the book Creative Malady (1974).[5] The book explores creativity and mental illness in the lives of Charles Darwin, Mary Baker Eddy, Sigmund Freud, Florence Nightingale, Marcel Proust and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.[6] [7] [8]
Honours
In the 1957 Birthday Honours, it was announced that Pickering was to be made a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his role as Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford. On 16 July 1957, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
Publications
Notes and References
- Badenoch. John. Pickering, Sir George White (1904–1980). 23 July 2014. October 2009. 10.1093/ref:odnb/31546.
- McMichael. John. Peart. W. S.. George White Pickering. 26 June 1904-3 September 1980. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. November 1980. 28. 431–49. 769906. 10.1098/rsbm.1982.0017.
- Web site: Sir George White Pickering. Munk's Roll. Royal College of Physicians of London. 23 July 2014. 2009.
- Web site: The Governing Body, January 1969. Abingdon School.
- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/george-pickering/creative-malady-illness-in-the-lives-and-minds-/ "Creative Malady"
- Anonymous. (1975). Review of Creative Malady: Illness in The Lives and Minds of Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Mary Baker Eddy, Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. By George Pickering. British Journal of Psychiatry 127: 93.
- Anonymous. (1976). Creative Malady By G. Pickering. Psychological Medicine 6 (1): 162-162.
- Davidson, Claire. (1977). Reviewed Work: Creative Malady by George Pickering. Leonardo 10 (2): 160-161.
