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+{{short description|British rower}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
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-{{MedalSport|Men's [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Rowing]]}}
+{{MedalSport|Men's [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|rowing]]}}
-{{MedalSilver|[[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's coxless pairs|Men's coxless pairs]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]]}}
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-'''Philip Verdon''' (born [[February 22]], [[1886]] - died [[June 18]], [[1960]]) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[rower]] who competed in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]].
+'''Philip Verdon''' (22 February 1886 – 18 June 1960) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[rower]] who competed in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37494 |title=Philip Verdon |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
-He was the strokeman of the British boat, which won the silver medal in the coxless pairs.He was educated at Westminster school London and then at Jesus College Cambridge.In later life he became a consultant Opthalmologist and served in the Indian Medical Service.His elder son George was also a rower, who served in the Royal Navy during world war 2 on the Russian Convoys, and at the allied D Day landings in Normandy.
+Verdon was born in [[Brixton]], London. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] London and then at [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]. He was the [[stroke (rowing)|strokeman]] in the [[coxless pair]] with [[George Eric Fairbairn|George Fairbairn]] which won the silver medal for Great Britain [[rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042051/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/philip-verdon-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Philip Verdon]</ref>
+In later life he became a consultant ophthalmologist and served in the Indian Medical Service.{{cn|date=March 2018}}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VERDOPHI01 profile]
+*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VERDOPHI01 Philip Verdon at databaseOlympics.com]{{dead link|date=July 2023}}
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 [[Category:1886 births]]
 [[Category:1960 deaths]]
-[[Category:British rowers]]
+[[Category:People educated at Westminster School, London]]
-[[Category:Olympic rowers of Great Britain]]
+[[Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge]]
-[[Category:Olympic competitors for Great Britain]]
+[[Category:British male rowers]]
+[[Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain]]
 [[Category:Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Great Britain]]
+[[Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain]]
+[[Category:Olympic medalists in rowing]]
+[[Category:Indian Medical Service officers]]
+[[Category:British ophthalmologists]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
+{{UK-rowing-bio-stub}}