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Person
Authorized form of name
Fletcher, George, 1848-1933, surgeon
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Dates of existence
1848-1933
History
George Fletcher, was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 29 Feb 1848, the son of Dr Fletcher and his wife Annie Stodgon. He was educated at Bromsgrove School, and Clare College Cambridge. Awarded MA, MD (Cantab), MRCS, LSA. He worked as a surgeon at St Thomas's Hospital, London. Publications: The Life & Career of Dr. William Palmer of Rugeley, etc , T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1925); The Management of Athletics in Public Schools, a paper , H. K. Lewis: London, 1886. Robert Cory, member of the medical staff of St Thomas's Hospital, 1875-1896. Publications: Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Vaccination , Bailliere, Tindall & Cox: London, 1898; On the Relation of Cow-Pox and Horse-Pox to Smallpox. A thesis ... Reprinted from vol. IX. of the St. Thomas's Hospital Reports , J. E. Adlard: London, 1885