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British explorer and naval surgeon (1876–1956)

George Murray Levick (3 July 1876 – 30 May 1956)^[1] was a British Antarctic explorer, naval surgeon and founder of the Public Schools Exploring Society.

Early life

Levick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of civil engineer George Levick and Jeannie Sowerby.

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His elder sister was the sculptor Ruby Levick. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and was commissioned a surgeon in the Royal Navy in November 1902.^[2] He was secretary of the Royal Navy Rugby Union at its founding in 1907.

Career

Terra Nova expedition and trauma

He was given leave of absence to accompany Robert Falcon Scott as surgeon and zoologist on his Terra Nova expedition.

Levick photographed extensively throughout the expedition. Prevented by pack ice from embarking on the Terra Nova in February 1912, Levick and the other five members of the party (Victor L. A. C