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George Webster (medical practitioner)

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The memorial to George Webster (left), outside the College of God's Gift in Dulwich, erected in 1877.

Dr. George Webster, G.P., J.P. (died 19 November 1876) was a physician active in England, and the founder of the first British Medical Association, sometimes known as "Webster's Medical Association".[1]

The association was founded in 1836, and the first meeting of the association was held on 19 January 1837 at Exeter Hall.[2][1]

A fountain at the centre of Dulwich was erected in his memory in 1876, where he had lived for 60 years.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Adrian Desmond (1989). The Politics of Evolution: Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London. University of Chicago Press. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-226-14346-0.
  2. ^ The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News. Elsevier. 1837. pp. 593–.
  3. ^ THE Medical times and Gazette. A JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, LITERATURE, CRITICISM, AND NEWS. 1876. p. 102.