George Green Sampson
George Green Sampson (1804-1885) was a physician and politician in Ipswich, Suffolk.
In 1819 he was apprenticed to his uncle, John Denny, who was a prominent surgeon in Ipswich with a practice at Tower Ditches known as Denny's Passage.[1] In 1826 he received further training at Guy's Hospital for six months and received his Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries . In 1827 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.[1] He then purchased the medical practice of William Hamilton in Ipswich for £100.[1]
He was Mayor of Ipswich three times: 1838–1839, 1846-1847 and 1870–1872.
It was in his capacity as mayor of Ipswich that he laid the first stone of Ipswich Docks in 1839.[2]
He was active in the Suffolk Branch of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, and in 1844 served on their committee to support Sir James Graham's bill to regulate the medical profession.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Irvine, Sally (2011). Surgeons and Apothecaries in Suffolk: 1750-1830 City Slickers and Country Bumpkins – Exploring Medical Myths (PDF). Norwich: University of East Anglia.
- ^ van Loon, Borin van Loon. "Ipswich Historic Lettering: Wet Dock Davy drawing". www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk. Borin.
- ^ "Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal". Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal (Wednesday 16 October). J. Churchill. 1844.