Philip Rees

Philip Rees (8 January 1877 – 3 August 1912) M.D., M.B., B.Sc. B.A. was an English doctor and minister who travelled to China to work as a medical missionary with the Wesleyan Methodist Ministry.

Early life Rees was born on 8 January 1877 in Northampton, England, the son of the Rev. Allen Rees and his wife, Eleanore. He attended Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge, Yorkshire, and then took his B.A from the University of London via correspondence in 1895. He took his B.Sc. in 1897, and then entered Didsbury College, Bristol to study theology. He was recommended to take a position as a medical missionary with the Wesleyan Methodist Ministry in China, but financial constraints kept him from taking this up for some time. They made their home in Wuzhou. Their son, Allen Rees was born in 1909. Rees published in the medical journal, The Lancet in 1908 describing the primitive knowledge of midwifery practised by some of the village people he met. Rees' health was suffering considerably from the strains of his work and their life in China. They sailed for England in February 1910, staying with his wife, Ethel's family in Battersea, London. He used this time in England to recuperate from malaria and complete his M.D. degree from the University of London.

Rees was survived by his wife and children, who returned to England.