William Marshall Phillip
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From:Roll of Graduates
Aberdeen University 1901-1925
Philip, William Marshall M.B. C.M. 1895 D.P.H 1897
C. B. E. 1927
Retired 1927: Ealing, London. Died Durban, Natal, 5 June 1932. R. of S*.
p.336
A.U.R. XX, 94
*R. of S. refers to the University of Aberdeen Roll of Service in the
Great War 1914-1919. Edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. 1921
Aberdeen University Review, XX, 94
Dr. William Marshall Philip, who was for many years Medical Officer of Health of
Colombo, Ceylon, has died in Durban. He was the third son of Rev. W.
Marshall Philip (alumnus, King's College and Marischal College, 1851-55).
His eldest brother is Fleet Surgeon Thomas W. Philip (M.A. 1888, M.B. 1891) and
another brother, Dr. James Farquhar Philip (M. B. 1893), is now practising in
Ealing. Another brother was Rev. G. F. I. Philip, St Clement's, Aberdeen,
and later of New Deer. Shortly after graduating at the University, Dr.
Philip, with his brother, Dr. James, set out for Klondyke, and were among the
first to enter Dawson City. After returning to this country Dr. Philip
practised for some years in England, and later went out to Ceylon as Medical
Officer of Health for Colombo. There he did notable work in the interests
of health and sanitation. Dr. Philip succeeded in revolutionising the
medical and sanitary department of the municipality, and before his work was
finished he made Colombo famous as the healthiest and cleanest city of the East.
In 1926 the Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee, through the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, congratulated Dr. Philip on his valuable
report on the health of Colombo, and recorded their appreciation of his work
during his term of office. At the same time the Governor of Ceylon
forwarded an expression of his very sincere regret at Dr. Philip's approaching
retirement and his sense of loss which the Colony in general, and Colombo in
particular, would thereby sustain. His record of distinguished service was
further recognised by the King, who conferred on him the honour of C.B.E.. Dr.
Philip had gone for the winter to South Africa and on his way home he was taken
ill at Durban, where he died, after a short illness, from an attack of sleepy
sickness. He was man of great ability in his own profession, and his
charming personality will be greatly missed by a wide circle of friends in all
parts of the world.
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A special thanks to Martyn
Gorman, Aberdeen University, who kindly provided this biography of Dr. Phillip.
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