German Sims Woodhead

Sir German Sims Woodhead, KBE (1855&#45;1921) was an English pathologist, born at Huddersfield. He studied in Huddersfield College, Edinburgh University, and in Berlin and Vienna. In 1899 he was made professor of pathology in Cambridge University. At various times he was president of the Royal Medical Society, the Royal Microscopical Society, and temperance organizations. His works include:
 * Practical Pathology (1883)
 * Pathological Mycology (1885), with A. W. Hare
 * Bacteria and Their Products (1891)
 * Report to the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis (1895)