John Phillips (physician)

Sir John Phillips FRCP (6 July 1855 – 14 December 1928) was a senior British physician specialising in obstetrics.[1]

Sir John Phillips
Born(1855-07-06)6 July 1855
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Died8 December 1928(1928-12-08) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsKing's College London, King's College Hospital

Biography

John Phillips was born on 6 July 1855 at Birchmoor Manor, Woburn. He was the son of Zachary Phillips. He was educated at Elstow (County) School, Bedford, St John's College, Cambridge (Natural Sciences Tripos, 1876), and at King's College London, qualifying in medicine in 1881.[2] He was elected as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1892, and as professor of Obstetric Medicine at King's College London in 1904. He was an Examiner in obstetric medicine for the University of Cambridge and the University of London, and consultant physician in obstetrics at King's College Hospital. He was appointed as Physician to the Queen in 1918[3] and knighted.[4]

Phillips published widely in the field of Obstetrics, and his publications included Outline of Diseases of Women, 1893, which reached a fourth edition in 1906.[5]

He was twice married and had one son and three daughters.[6]

Phillips died on 8 December 1928.[7]

References
  1. Munks Roll Details for Sir John Phillips
  2. Obituary in the Bedfordshire Times 14 December 1928, p. 7
  3. Who's Who
  4. THE LONDON GAZETTE, 2 APRIL, 1918
  5. Obituary, The Lancet, 1928
  6. Bedfordshire Times 14 December 1928, p. 7
  7. Obituary, British Medical Journal, 1928
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