Dr George Bagster Phillips MBBS, MRCS Eng, L.M., LSA (February 1835 in Camberwell, Surrey – 27 October 1897 in London), was, from 1865, the Police Surgeon for the Metropolitan Police's 'H' Division, which covered London's Whitechapel district. He came to prominence during the murders of Jack the Ripper when he conducted or attended autopsies on the bodies of four of the victims, namely Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catharine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. He was called by the police to the murder scenes of three of them: Chapman, Stride and Kelly.
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George Bagster Phillips February 1835 Camberwell, Surrey
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27 October 1897 (aged 62) London
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