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
- ^ Badenoch, John (October 2009). "Pickering, Sir George White (1904–1980)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ 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.
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