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King, Gordon (1900-1991)

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2017

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Allbrook, Malcolm

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Gordon King (1900-1991), professor of medicine, was born on 7 July 1900 in London, son of English-born Frederick Henry King, Baptist minister, and his Scottish-born wife Minnie Elizabeth, née Wakeham. Educated at Bristol Grammar School (1912-15) and Liverpool Institute High School for Boys (1915-18), Gordon undertook medical training at the London Hospital Medical College (MRCS, LRCP, 1924), winning prizes for anatomy, clinical pathology, pathology, clinical medicine, and diseases of children. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (1926), and became a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1930).

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/241087

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Open Access via publisher website

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2099-12-31

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