Cecil Purser (16 December 1862 – 13 January 1953) was an Australian physician and served terms as chairman of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and vice-chancellor and deputy chancellor of the University of Sydney.
[4] Purser became an honorary at Royal Prince Alfred in 1896, and from 1912 until his death he was a consultant physician with rooms in Macquarie Street, Sydney.
In 1933 he resigned as chairman of Prince Alfred due to his annoyance at the shortage of government financial support.
On the foundation of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938, Purser was appointed a Fellow.
Purser was honorary major in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve.