title: George Critchett (surgeon)
text: # George Critchett (surgeon)
  
  George Critchett (1817 in Highgate – 1 November 1882, in London) was an ophthalmic surgeon.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Critchett studied at the London Hospital. He became an M.R.C.S. in 1839 and a F.R.C.S. in 1844. He was a demonstrator of anatomy at and, from 1861–3, a surgeon to the London Hospital.
  
  Critchett became a member of the council of the College of Surgeons in 1870 and served as an ophthalmic surgeon and lecturer at Middlesex Hospital from 1876–82.
  
  He died on 1 November 1882 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
  
  