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Gray was a dermatologist who in 1913 became secretary to the dermatology section at the RSM. Between 1920 and 1924 he was the RSM's honorary secretary, and subsequently was appointed honorary treasurer.
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The presidents were elected biennially by the Fellows of the Society. In 2014 the charter changed. The presidents are now elected every three years.
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First president of the RSM in 1907, Church had chaired the preceding two years of negotiations to form the RSM.
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The president oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings.
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Obstetrician, elected president in 1912, and in the same year supported
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Psychiatrist in the Chair: The Official Biography of Anthony Clare
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Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 2000–2023
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Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine 1907–2000
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Index

Royal Society of Medicine
Sir William Selby Church, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Morris, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Champneys
Sir William Osler
History of Medicine Section

Sir Frederick Taylor, 1st Baronet

Rickman Godlee

Humphry Rolleston

John Bland-Sutton

William Hale-White

St Clair Thomson

James Berry

Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn

Thomas Watts-Eden
Vincent Warren Low
Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet
John Herbert Parsons
Sir Archibald Montague Henry Gray

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