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Principals of King Edward VII College of Medicine: 
A Biographical Sketch
 

George V. Allen
1929-1947

 

 


Education
Methodist College
BCh, BAO, MD (Queen’s University, Belfast)
DTM&H (London)

 

Career

  
1927  

Bacteriologist, Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States
 
1929-47 Principal, King Edward VII College of Medicine
 
1929-48 Member of Council, Raffles College
 
1948   Appointed Principal-designate of the University College that had been recommended for establishment in Malaya and assisted the Carr-Saunders Commission in its deliberations on higher education in Malaya
 		  
1949-52

Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya
 
1952   Retired from post due to wife’s illness and returned to England

 
 

 

Offices held

President, Malaya Branch, British Medical Association
Editor, Journal of the Malaya Branch, British Medical Association
Member: Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Medical Council; Dental Board; Pharmacy Board

 

 

Honours

Knight of the Order of the Thistle
Commander, Order of the British Empire
Hon. Doctor of Letters (University of Malaya; Belfast; Aberdeen)
Hon. Doctor of Science (Kent)

 

 

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