George Harris (physician)
George Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 February 1856 |
| Died | 16 April 1931 London, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Star of India |
Major-General George Francis Angelo Harris CSI FRCP (29 February 1856 – 16 April 1931) was Inspector General of Civil Hospitals in the Punjab, United Provinces and Bengal.[1][2] He served as Professor and Physician at the Calcutta Medical School and in 1914 was made Honorary Surgeon to King George V and the Viceroy of India.[1][3]
Early life[edit]
Harris was born on 29 February 1856.[1] He was the son of Major-General Charles Shooter Harris of the Bengal Staff Corps.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and St George’s Hospital qualifying as M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P.[1][4] In 1902 he passed the M.D. degree at the University of Durham.[1]
Career[edit]
Harris entered the Indian Medical Service in 1878 and in 1880 served in the latter stage of the Second Afghan War.[1][2]
In 1885, Harris became Civil Surgeon of Simla and in 1890 was made Civil Surgeon of Nagpur, a position he held until 1898.[1] In 1900 he was selected for the Chair of Materia Medica at the Medical College, Calcutta and Physician of the College Hospital.[1] In 1908 he was appointed Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals in the Punjab and United Provinces, taking up the same role in Bengal between 1910 and 1915.[1]
Harris wrote frequently in the Indian Medical Gazette and the British Medical Journal.[1] He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1903 and Companion Order of the Star of India in 1911.[1] The same year he was elected President of The Asiatic Society for 1911–12. In 1914 he was made Honorary Surgeon to King George V and to the Viceroy of India.[1]
Family life[edit]
In 1883, Harris married Alice, daughter of General Archibald Edwards Campbell, formerly of the Bengal Staff Corps.[2] Harris died in London on 16 April 1931 and was survived by two sons and four daughters.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Obituary, Major-General Harris, The Times, 18 April 1931, p.12
- ^ a b c d "Munks Roll Details for George Francis Angelo Harris". rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Harris, Maj.-Gen. George Francis Angelo, (29 Feb. 1856–16 April 1931)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U210840. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red, Andrew Underwood 1981