George Sumner Huntington

{{For|the physician who is the eponymous researcher of Huntington's disease|George Huntington}}

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|name = George Sumner Huntington

|image = George Sumner Huntington.jpg

|caption = undated photo

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|birth_date = March 21, 1861

|birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut

|death_date = {{d-da|January 5, 1927|March 21, 1861}}

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|occupation = Professor, Doctor

|nationality = American

|genre = Science, Medicine

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Dr. George Sumner Huntington (March 21, 1861{{cite encyclopedia

| last = Hrdlička

| first = Aleš

| author-link = Aleš Hrdlička

| title = Biographical Memoir of George Sumner Huntington 1861-1827

| encyclopedia = National Academy of Sciences of the United States Biographical Memoirs

| volume = XVIII, Eleventh Memoir

| pages = 249

| publisher = National Academy Press

| location = Washington, D. C.

| year = 1937

| oclc = 11825701

| url = http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/ghuntington.pdf|format=PDF}} – January 5, 1927) was a medical doctor, a researcher into comparative anatomy, and a college professor. For thirty-five years he was a professor of anatomy at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.{{cite encyclopedia

| last = Hrdlička

| first = Aleš

| author-link = Aleš Hrdlička

| title = Biographical Memoir of George Sumner Huntington 1861-1827

| encyclopedia = National Academy of Sciences of the United States Biographical Memoirs

| volume = XVIII, Eleventh Memoir

| pages = 257

| publisher = National Academy Press

| location = Washington, D. C.

| year = 1937

| oclc = 11825701

| url = http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/ghuntington.pdf|format=PDF}}{{cite journal |author=van der Weiden RM |title=George Huntington and George Sumner Huntington. A tale of two doctors |journal=Hist Philos Life Sci |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=297–304 |year=1989 |pmid=2534642 }}

He had attended the college he taught at and graduated in 1897 with honors, winning 1st place in both the Harsen prize for Clinical Reports and for Proficiency in Examination.{{Cite news

| title = YOUNG RECRUITS OF MEDICINE; COMMENCEMENT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

| newspaper = The New York Times

| date = May 14, 1884

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1884/05/14/archives/young-recruits-of-medicine-commencement-of-the-college-of.html}} He served as the fifth president of the Association of American Anatomists from 1899 to 1903. Among other degrees he received was an honorary Bachelor of Laws from Jefferson Medical College in 1907.{{cite journal

| author = Charles F. W. McClure

| author-link = Charles F. W. McClure

| journal = American Journal of Anatomy

| title = George Sumner Huntington: An Appreciation

| volume = 39

| issue = 3

| publisher = Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology

| location = Baltimore, Maryland

| year = 1927

| issn = 1553-0795

| doi = 10.1002/aja.1000390302

| pages = 355–377}}