Sir George Henry Makins (3 November 1853 – 2 November 1933) was an English surgeon. He was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of George Hogarth Makins, MRCS, and educated at

The King's School, Gloucester The King's School is a co-educational independent day school in Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It traces its heritage to a monastic school founded in the 11th century in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral. It became ...

, St Thomas' Hospital and Halle, Vienna. He was appointed resident Assistant Surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital (1880–85), then Surgical Registrar (1885–87), Assistant Surgeon (1888–1898) and full Surgeon (1898-1913). He was also Assistant Surgeon at the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children (the forerunner of

Evelina Children's Hospital Evelina London Children's Hospital is a specialist NHS hospital in London. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and provides teaching hospital facilities for London South Bank University and King's College ...

). During wartime Makins was a Consulting Surgeon to the South African Field Force, 1899-1900 and again a Consulting Surgeon, alongside Sir

Anthony Bowlby Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, 1st Baronet (10 May 1855 – 7 April 1929) was a British Army officer, surgeon and pathologist. Early life Anthony Bowlby was born in Namur, Belgium, the third son of Thomas William Bowlby (1818–1860) and Frances M ...

, during the

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, 1914-18. He spent much of the latter conflict in France, working in hospitals in Paris and Boulogne before taking over the supervision of new hospitals at Camiers and Étaples, where he established a research centre to trial new methods of wound treatment. He was a Fellow of the

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, gave the

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in 1913, the

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in 1917 and served as President from 1917 to 1919. He was awarded CB in 1900,

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in 1918 and in 1915. He died at his London home on 2 November 1933 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. He had married Margaret Augusta née Kirkland, the widow of General Fellowes. They had no children.

Published work

* ''Surgical experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900''. London, 1901; 2nd edition, 1913. * ''A case of artificial anus treated by resection of the small intestine''. St Thos. Hosp. Rep. 1884, 13, 181. * ''Rickets'', in Treves, System of surgery, 1895, 1, 363. * ''Surgical diseases due to microbic infection and parasites''. Ibid. 1895, 1, 294. * ''Injuries of the joints; dislocations'', in Warren and Gould, International text-book of surgery, 1899, 1, 589. * ''Gunshot injuries of the arteries'' (Bradshaw lecture, R.C.S.). London, 1914. * ''On gunshot injuries to the blood-vessels, founded on experience gained in France during the great war 1914-1918''. Bristol, 1919. * ''Operative surgery of the stomach'', with B. G. A. Moynihan. London, 1912. * ''The influence exerted by the military experience of John Hunter on himself and the military surgeon of today''. (Hunterian oration, R.C.S.). Lancet, 1917, 1, 249.

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