Atthill, Lombe (1827–1910), obstetrician and gynaecologist, born on 3 December 1827 at Ardess, Magheraculmoney, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, was the youngest of ten surviving children of William Atthill (1774–1847) and his wife, Henrietta Margaret Eyre, eldest daughter of George Maunsell, dean of Leighlin. Atthill's...
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Atthill, Lombe (1827–1910), obstetrician and gynaecologist
R. J. Rowlette
revised by Susan Snoxall
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Barnes, Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor (1912–1999), obstetrician and gynaecologist
Max Blythe
Barnes, Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor (1912–1999), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born in Cliff Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, on 18 August 1912, the first of five children of Walter Wharton Barnes, a Methodist minister from Addingham, Yorkshire, and his wife, Alice Mary, formerly Ibbetson...
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Barnes, Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor (1912–1999)
Maker: Nick Sinclair
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Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes (1912–1999) by Nick Sinclair, 1995 © Nick Sinclair; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bell, William Blair- (1871–1936), gynaecologist
John Peel
Bell, William Blair- (1871–1936), gynaecologist, was born on 28 September 1871 at Rutland House, New Brighton, Cheshire, the second of eight children of William Bell JP, general practitioner, and his wife, Helen Barbara, daughter of General Butcher. In 1931 he added his second forename to his surname by means of a hyphen; at the height of his career he thought that ...
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Clay, Charles (1801–1893), gynaecologist and surgeon
Peter D. Mohr
Clay, Charles (1801–1893), gynaecologist and surgeon, was born on 27 December 1801, the second son of Joseph Clay, miller and corn merchant, at Arden Mills, Bredbury, near Stockport. In 1816 he was apprenticed to Mr Kinder Wood, a well-known surgeon at the Manchester and Salford Lying-in Hospital...
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Cullingworth, Charles James (1841–1908)
Maker: Francis Henry Hart
Charles James Cullingworth (1841–1908) by Francis Henry Hart © reserved
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Cullingworth, Charles James (1841–1908), gynaecologist and obstetrician
Peter D. Mohr
Cullingworth, Charles James (1841–1908), gynaecologist and obstetrician, son of Griffith Cullingworth (d. 1860), bookseller, and his wife, Sarah Gledhill, was born on 3 June 1841 at 23 Commercial Street, Leeds. He was educated at Wesley College in Sheffield before joining the family business, but after his father's death he entered the ...
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D'Arcy, Dame Constance Elizabeth (1879–1950), obstetrician and gynaecologist
Heather Radi
D'Arcy, Dame Constance Elizabeth (1879–1950), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born on 1 June 1879 at Rylstone, New South Wales, the fifth daughter and the youngest of the ten children of Murty D'Arcy, a sergeant of police, and his wife, Bridget Synnott. She passed the senior public examination from ...
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Lee, Robert (1793–1877), physician specializing in gynaecology and obstetrics
Hilary Marland
Lee, Robert (1793–1877), physician specializing in gynaecology and obstetrics, was born at Whitelaw in the parish of Melrose, Roxburghshire, the second son of John Lee, a major agriculturist. He was educated at Galashiels and entered Edinburgh University in 1806, aged thirteen and intended for the church, but then decided to devote himself to medicine. ...
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Lee, Robert (1793–1877)
Maker: Frederick James Smyth
Robert Lee (1793–1877) by Frederick James Smyth, pubd 1851 (after John Jabez Edwin Mayall) Wellcome Library, London
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Lloyd [née Shufflebotham], Dame Hilda Nora (1891–1982), gynaecologist and obstetrician
V. E. Chancellor
Lloyd [née Shufflebotham], Dame Hilda Nora (1891–1982), gynaecologist and obstetrician, was born on 11 August 1891 at 170 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, the younger daughter of John Shufflebotham (d. 1937), a master grocer, and his wife, Emma Amelia Jenkins. She was a foundation scholar at ...
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Macan, Sir Arthur Vernon (1843–1908), gynaecologist and obstetrician
R. J. Rowlette
revised by Michael J. O'Dowd
Macan, Sir Arthur Vernon (1843–1908), gynaecologist and obstetrician, born at 9 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, on 30 January 1843, was the eldest of three sons in a family of five children of John Macan, of a co. Sligo family, a leading QC on the ...
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Madden, Thomas More (1844–1902), gynaecologist
Hilary Marland
Madden, Thomas More (1844–1902), gynaecologist, one of the three sons of Richard Robert Madden (1798–1886) and his wife, Harriet (d. 1888), daughter of John Elmslie, a West Indies planter, was born in Havana, Cuba, where his father, who was a doctor, historian, and anti-slavery campaigner, was the British representative at the International Congress for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The atmosphere of his early life, and the prevailing language of freedom, appears to have made a lasting impression on ...
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Martindale, Louisa (1872–1966)
Maker: Frank O. Salisbury
Louisa Martindale (1872–1966) by Frank O. Salisbury, exh. Ehrlich Galleries, New York, 1925 © Estate of Frank O. Salisbury. All rights reserved, DACS 2010; New Sussex Hospital, Brighton; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Martindale, Louisa (1872–1966), gynaecologist and suffragist
Sara Delamont
Martindale, Louisa (1872–1966), gynaecologist and suffragist, the elder daughter of William Martindale (1833/4–c.1874), a City of London businessman, and Louisa Spicer [see Martindale, Louisa (1839-1914)], his second wife, was born at Gainsborough Lodge, Leytonstone, London, on 30 October 1872. Her father was an evangelical Anglican, her mother a Congregationalist. ...
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Moir, (John) Chassar (1900–1977), obstetrician and gynaecologist
Irvine Loudon
Moir, (John) Chassar (1900–1977), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born on 21 March 1900 at 7 Melville Gardens, Montrose, Angus, in Scotland, the youngest of four children of John Moir (1860–1931), wine merchant and grocer, and Isabella Moir, née Pirie (1864–1949). He attended Montrose Academy...
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Moir, (John) Chassar (1900–1977)
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(John) Chassar Moir (1900–1977) by Bassano, c. 1967 by courtesy of the family / Photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Scharlieb [née Bird], Dame Mary Ann Dacomb (1845–1930), gynaecologist
Greta Jones
Scharlieb [née Bird], Dame Mary Ann Dacomb (1845–1930), gynaecologist, was born at 6 Essex Place, Grange Road, Dalston, Middlesex, on 18 June 1845, the only daughter of William Candler Bird, a merchant's clerk, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Dacomb. Her mother died of puerperal fever ten days after her birth and ...
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Scharlieb, Dame Mary Ann Dacomb (1845–1930)
Maker: Hugh Goldwin Riviere
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Dame Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb (1845–1930) by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1908 © reserved; collection Royal Free Hospital, London; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Stallworthy, Sir John Arthur (1906–1993)
Maker: Edward Irvine Halliday
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Sir John Arthur Stallworthy (1906–1993) by Edward Irvine Halliday, 1975 © Charlotte & Stephen Halliday; by kind permission of the Royal Society of Medicine, London
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