George Hector Percival

George Hector Percival (1902-1983) was a British dermatologist, academic physician and president of the British Association of Dermatologists.

Biography

Percival was trained in George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, then joined Edinburgh Royal Infirmary skin department in 1923, rising to become Consultant-in-Charge in 1936. He was the Grant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Edinburgh.

He became an eminent dermatologist, a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and president of the British Association of Dermatologists. He was the author of several books, including:

• An Introduction to Dermatology, included as an author from the 9th Edition
• Atlas of Histopathology of the Skin
• An Atlas of Regional Dermatology

His research contributions included work on correlating skin diseases with calcium metabolism and parathyroid hormone, and vascular chemical mediators involved in cutaneous inflammation.