Campbell, Geo. W. (George William), 1810-1882

George William Campbell was born on October 16, 1810, in Rosneath, Scotland.

He was a physician, educator, and businessman. He was educated by a tutor at his home before studying medicine for one year in Dublin. He completed medical school in Glasgow, graduating MD in 1833. The same year he immigrated to Montreal, where he practised medicine for the remainder of his life. In 1835, Campbell became Professor of Surgery at McGill College, an appointment he retained until 1875 (when he received an honorary LL.D. from the college), and Professor of Midwifery (a chair he relinquished in 1842). In 1835, he was also elected attending physician and surgeon to the Montreal General Hospital. In 1860, he became the Dean of the McGill medical faculty. His strengths in his medical career were surgical skill and administrative ability. From 1869 until his death, he was a Director of the Bank of Montreal, and its Vice-President from 1876 to 1882. He also held directorships in the Montreal Telegraph Company and the Montreal Gas Company and was associated as an active stockholder in many local and national business ventures.

In 1836, he married Margaret Hutcheson. He died on May 30, 1882, in Edinburgh, Scotland and is buried in Montreal, Quebec.