George Gregory (16 August 1790 – 25 January 1853) was an English physician.

Life

He was a grandson of John Gregory, and second son of the Rev. William Gregory, one of the

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; he was born at

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on 16 August 1790. After his father's death in 1803 he lived with his uncle, Dr James Gregory, in Edinburgh. He studied medicine in 1806–9 at the

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, and afterwards at St George's Hospital, London, and the Windmill Street School of Medicine. He graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1811, and became MRCS in 1812. In 1813 he was sent as assistant-surgeon to the British forces in the Mediterranean, where he served in

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and at the capture of

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. At the end of the

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he retired on half-pay, and began to practise in London. He gave lectures on medicine at the Windmill Street School, and later at

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. He was physician to the Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital from 1824, and to the General Dispensary. He was elected a licentiate (30 September 1816) then a fellow (30 September 1839) of the

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. He died at Camden Square, London, on 25 January 1853.

Works

Gregory was a prolific writer in medical journals, and was a contributor to the ''

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'' and to the ''Library of Medicine''. His major works are: * ''Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic'' (1820, 2 vols.; 6th ed. 1846; 3rd American ed. 1831)
''Facts and Important Information from Distinguished Physicians and Other Sources'' (1842)
* ''Lectures on the Eruptive Fevers'' (1843)

References

* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, George 1790 births 1853 deaths People from Canterbury 19th-century English medical doctors Alumni of the University of Edinburgh