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Hie late deovgc dibsoit familton, ».%., 



E deeply regret to record the death of Mr. George Gibson 



* * Hamilton, which took place after a short illness on December 

 19th, 191 5. He was a Vice-President and Chairman of Council, 

 and had taken a very active part in the work of the 

 Natural Science Society. Mr. Hamilton belonged to a 

 family well-known in the medical world. He was a graduate 

 of the Universitv of Edinburgh, and qualified as M.B., CM., 

 Edin., 1887; F.R.C.S., Eng., 1879; F.R.C.S., Edin. 

 (exam.), 1885; L., 1879; L.R.C.P., Edin., 1879 (Univ. and 

 R.C.S., Edin.). After being associated with distinguished 

 surgeons such as Sir Patrick Watson and others at Edinburgh 

 he was appointed Resident Surgeon at the Northern Hospital 

 at Liverpool in 1881. He was also attached to the Liverpool 

 Infirmary for Children — one of the best known special hospitals 

 in the North of England. From information kindly contributed 

 by Dr. Peter Davidson, a close friend of Mr. Hamilton, we learn 

 " that having gained considerable experience and practice in 

 surgery Mr. Hamilton was appointed Honorary Surgeon to the 

 Northern Hospital and later Honorary Surgeon to the Royal 

 Infirmary, in the wards of which the teaching and training of the 

 students of the University of Liverpool was carried on. He thus 

 occupied a premier position as consulting and operating surgeon 

 in Liverpool. His consulting rooms were in Rodney Street — the 

 Harley Street of Liverpool. Mr. Hamilton thus became widely 

 known in the medical and social life of Liverpool and was a 

 general favourite. He was a skilful surgeon and performed many 

 difficult operations with brilliant success. His retirement from 

 practice in Liverpool was the cause of general regret. In private 

 life Mr. Hamilton was a buoyant optimist, full of energy and 

 enthusiasm. He had many interests. He was a good golfer, a 

 cheerful, hardly ever a desponding, opponent, and fishing, garden- 

 ing, and photography were relaxations in which he delighted." 

 Dr. Davidson concludes: V The announcement of Mr. Hamilton's 

 sudden death has been a great shock and grief to his many friends 

 in Liverpool. All who knew him and his wife feel the deepest 

 sympathy with his widow and young children." 



Mr. Hamilton left Liverpool in 1908 and settled with his wife 

 and family at Boscombe Place, near his father-in-law, Mr. Walter 

 Child Clark. Here he found abundant scope for his love of 

 gardening and in addition took a deep practical interest in all 

 matters relating to science and horticulture. He was elected on 

 the Council of the Natural Science Society in 1910 and became a 

 Vice-President and Chairman of Council in 191 4. His first lecture 

 on "Micro-Cinematography" delivered at St. Peter's Hall in 

 191 1 was greatly appreciated. In 1912 he gave an interesting 

 account, with illustrations, of the " Diseases of Animals and 

 Plants." This was followed in 191 3 by a graphic account, fully 



