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Sir George Pickering
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Born in Whalton, Northumberland
Born on 26th of June 1904
Died on 3rd of September 1980

Born 1904. Died 1980 - English medical scientist.

Studied natural sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge and medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital, London. Carried out experimental work on headaches, hypertension and peptic ulcers. Knighted in 1957.

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