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George Lipscomb (1773–1846) was an English physician and antiquarian, known particularly for his county history of Buckinghamshire. ==Life== Born on 4 January 1773 at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, he was the son of James Lipscomb, surgeon R.N., by Mary, daughter of Jonathan George, yeoman, of Grendon Underwood in the same county. After attending schools at Quainton and Aylesbury, and receiving some medical instruction from his father, he studied surgery in London under Sir James Earle. In 1792 Lipscomb was appointed house-surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1794 he became lieutenant of the North Hants Militia, and in 1798 captain commandant of the Warwickshire volunteer infantry, for whom he wrote an ''Address to the Volunteers on their Duty to their King and Country''. In 1798 also he was chosen deputy recorder of Warwick.〔 On 6 June 1806 Lipscomb obtained from Marischal College, Aberdeen, the diploma of M.D. During 1811 he became co-editor of the ''National Adviser'', a newspaper set up by Henry Redhead Yorke. He suggested the plan of the Society for the Encouragement of Agricultural Industry in an essay, for which he received a premium and a silver medal from the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain.〔 Lipscomb died on 9 November 1846, and was buried in the graveyard of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.〔 He was a friend of Henry Tattam, and cousin of William Lipscomb. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Lipscomb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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