George Thin
1838–1903
Scottish physician. Half-brother of Alexander Michie (1833–1902, ODNB). LRCS, Edinburgh, 1858; MD, Aberdeen, 1860. Studied tropical diseases in Shanghai. After returning to Europe around 1873, studied dermatology in Vienna and Paris. Practised in London from 1875.
Sources
British Medical Journal, 23 January 1904, p. 22
D. King and King 1988
Medical directory
Scotland old parish registers births 436/40 227 Kilconquhar, Fife (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 June 2020)
Bibliography
King, D. Friday and King, Laura A. C. 1988. George Thin (1839–1903): pioneer British dermatopathologist and mycologist. American Journal of Dermatopathology 10: 546–8.
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