Dr. George Sumner Huntington (March 21, 1861 – January 5, 1927) was a

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, a researcher into

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, and a college

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. For thirty-five years he was a professor of anatomy at the

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. He had attended the college he taught at and graduated in 1897 with honors, winning 1st place in both the

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for Clinical Reports and for Proficiency in Examination. Among other degrees he received was an honorary

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from

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in 1907.

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Biographical memoir
from the

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