George McGlashan Kerr, Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary in Hyderabad, India, was born in 1874 in Aberdeen. He took arts, divinity and medical courses at Aberdeen but did not graduate. He had joined the Methodist society and, after meeting Robert Laws, he volunteered for missionary work in Africa. He trained for the ministry in Manchester and was appointed to Southern Rhodesia in 1900 but his work was among Europeans and he soon returned home, hoping to secure a post in the 'regions beyond'. In 1903 he married Isabel Gunn (1875-1932) who had just qualified in medicine at Aberdeen. After a period of ministry in England the Kerrs went to Hyderabad in 1907. Kerr worked as superintendent in the industrial school and his wife did medical work in hospitals. They became concerned about the welfare of lepers in the area and began trying to provide measures of relief. A home for lepers was set up at Dichpali (the Victoria Leprosy Hospital) where Isabel Kerr introduced pioneering treatments and George Kerr provided highly effective rehabilitation services. This combination and the good management of the hospital made it one of the world's leading centres in the fight against leprosy. The Kerrs also continued with their pastoral work which was increased by a local revival in the church and Isabel continued to work in local hospitals. In 1923 they were awarded the Kaiser-I-Hind medal. Isabel Kerr died in 1932 and her husband continued to superintend Dichpali until his retirement, in 1938, to Cove in Scotland where he assisted in the local church. He died in 1950.