Sir George Hare Philipson, M.D., F.R.C.P. (18 May 1836 – 24 January 1918) was an English

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knighted in 1900. He was educated at

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and

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. From 1876 until his death in 1918 he was professor of Medicine at

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. He was elected the President of the

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for the year 1893.

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* 20th-century English medical doctors 1836 births 1918 deaths 19th-century English people 20th-century English people Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge People educated at Marlborough College Health professionals from Newcastle upon Tyne Vice-chancellors and wardens of Durham University Presidents of the British Medical Association Academics of Durham University {{DurhamU-stub