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Asset Name:
E003548 - Smith, George Hill (1815 - 1893)
Title:
Smith, George Hill (1815 - 1893)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003548
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-02-07
Description:
Obituary for Smith, George Hill (1815 - 1893), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Smith, George Hill
Date of Birth:
1815
Date of Death:
5 November 1893
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 17th 1837

FRCS August 16th 1849

LSA 1836
Details:
Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. He had some experience in London, then practised for nearly half a century at Stevenage in Hertfordshire, and was well known throughout the county as a hard-working medical man. Although engaged in the quiet duties of a country practitioner, he determined, soon after the examination for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons was instituted, to obtain that honour, and succeeded in doing so, his sole ambition being to raise himself to as good a position in his profession as was possible and then take his share in elevating it. At the time of his death he was Medical Officer of the 4th District of the Hitchin Union. He was a man of literary taste with a well-stored mind, which rendered his society agreeable and interesting. He died at Stevenage on November 5th, 1893, having been in failing health for some time.
Sources:
*Lancet*, 1898, ii, 1286
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599
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Unknown