George Hare Philipson

Professor Sir George Hare Philipson MD, FRCP, Hon DCL, Hon LLD
George Hare Philipson in 1917
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham
In office 1910–1912
Preceded by	Prof Frank Byron Jevons
Succeeded by	The Very Revd Prof Henry Gee
President of the British Medical Association
In office 1893–1893
Preceded by	Dr John Croft
Succeeded by	Dr Andrew Carrick
Personal details
Born	18 May 1836 Newcastle upon Tyne
Died	24 January 1918 (aged 81) Newcastle upon Tyne
Alma mater	University College London, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Profession	Academic and Vice-Chancellor

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.^[2] 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.^[3] His oil portrait was done by Thomas Eyre Macklin.^[4]

References

1. "PHILIPSON, Sir George Hare". Who's Who 59: 1393. 1907.
2. "Philipson, George Hare (PHLP858GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "Obit. Sir George Hare Philipson". Br. Med. J. 1 (2979): 162–163. 1918. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2979.162. PMC 2339028.
4. "MACKLIN, T. Eyre". Who's Who 59: 1137. 1907.

External links

• "President's Address, Delivered at the Sixty-First Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association". Br Med J 2 (1701): 293–296. Aug 5, 1893. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1701.293. PMC 2421905.