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George Herbert Rae Gibson
Fellow
Date of admission as Member: 5/May/1908
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/November/1911
George Herbert Rae Gibson was born in Edinburgh in 1881, the son of Dr George Alexander Gibson. He served in the South African War and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1910, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1911. After postgraduate study in North America he practised in Calgary and Vancouver. During the First World War he served in the Canadian Army. He later became Commissioner of Medical Services to the Scottish Region of the Ministry of Pensions, Deputy Commissioner of the Board of Control for Scotland, and Secretary and Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He died in Edinburgh in 1932.
Year of medical qualification
1910
Type of medical qualification
MD
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.