George Pickering (physician)

Sir George White Pickering, FRS (26 June 1904 - 3 September 1980) was a British medical doctor and academic. He was Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford from 1956 to 1968, and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford from 1968 to 1975.[1][2][3]

Honours

In the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, it was announced that Pickering was to be made a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his role as Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford.[4] On 16 July 1957, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Badenoch, John (October 2009). "Pickering, Sir George White (1904–1980)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ↑ McMichael, John; Peart, W. S. (November 1980). "George White Pickering. 26 June 1904-3 September 1980". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 28: 431–49. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0017. JSTOR 769906.
  3. ↑ "Sir George White Pickering". Munk's Roll. Royal College of Physicians of London. 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41089. pp. 3367–3368. 4 June 1957. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41134. p. 4379. 23 July 1957. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
Academic offices
Preceded by
A. D. Gardner		 Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford
1956 to 1968 		Succeeded by
Sir Richard Doll
Preceded by
Ronald McCallum		 Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
1968 to 1975 		Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey Arthur
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