Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Australian Dictionary of Biography |
Editors | Tiping Su |
Place of Publication | Xian, Shaanxi |
Publisher | Shaanxi People's Publishing House and the Australian Studies Centre at the Xi'an International Studies University |
Pages | Online |
Volume | 5 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9787224135534 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Abstract
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).