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George Vivian Poore
1843–1904
Remembered as a Victorian physician who wrote vividly about public health, sanitation, and everyday living, he brought practical science to ordinary readers. His work joined medical knowledge with a strong interest in how homes, soil, food, and cities shape health.
2 Audiobooks
London (Ancient and Modern) from the Sanitary and Medical Point of View
by George Vivian Poore
The Dwelling House
by George Vivian Poore
About the author
George Vivian Poore was a British physician and writer, born in Andover in 1843 and educated at the Royal Naval School and at University College, London. After qualifying in medicine in 1866, he served as surgeon on the Great Eastern during its Atlantic cable-laying voyage, an early sign of the adventurous and wide-ranging career that followed.
He later became closely associated with University College Hospital and was known as a teacher as well as a practicing physician. Sources from the Royal College of Physicians and later biographical references describe him as an authority on sanitation and public health, especially on questions of drainage, waste, housing, and rural hygiene.
Poore also wrote extensively for both professional and general audiences. His books include London, Ancient and Modern, The Earth in Relation to the Preservation and Destruction of Contagia, and Essays on Rural Hygiene, works that reflect his talent for connecting medicine with the practical conditions of daily life. He died in 1904.