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George Newman was a major figure in the British public health movement and was influential in the establishment of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was concurrently Medical Officer of Health to Finsbury and Bedford county councils from 1900 to 1907. He was appointed first Chief Medical Officer to the Board of Education in 1907 and was knighted for his services to child health in 1911. In 1919 he was made Chief Medical Officer to the new Ministry of Health. He was also a prolific writer, producing 26 reports for the Board of Education, 15 for the Ministry of Health and wrote 22 books.