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Viscount Bertrand Edward Dawson Dawson
1864–1945
A leading British physician of the late Victorian and interwar years, he became best known for caring for the royal family and helping shape modern ideas about organized medical care. His life also carries a darker historical note because of his role at the death of King George V.
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Love—Marriage—Birth Control Being a Speech delivered at the Church Congress at Birmingham, October, 1921
by Viscount Bertrand Edward Dawson Dawson
About the author
Born in Croydon in 1864, Dawson studied at St Paul's School and University College London before qualifying in medicine at the London Hospital. He built a successful career as a physician and became one of the most prominent doctors in Britain.
He served as physician to several British monarchs, including Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, and George VI, and was later President of the Royal College of Physicians. He was also an influential voice in medical reform, arguing for more coordinated health services and closer links between general practice, hospitals, and specialist care.
Today, Dawson is remembered both for his high public standing and for controversy surrounding his attendance at King George V's death in 1936, an episode that has drawn lasting historical attention. He died in 1945.