Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Glasgow
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The Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is a Regius Professor
ship at the University of Glasgow
. It was founded in 1815 as the Regius Chair of Midwifery by King George III of Great Britain. From 1790 to 1815 the subject was taught by a lecturer on the Waltonian Foundation. The name was changed to Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1992.
Regius Professor
Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland - namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the...
ship at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
. It was founded in 1815 as the Regius Chair of Midwifery by King George III of Great Britain. From 1790 to 1815 the subject was taught by a lecturer on the Waltonian Foundation. The name was changed to Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1992.
Regius Professors of Midwifery/Regius Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- James Towers CMJames Towers CMJames Towers was the first occupant of the Regius Chair of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow.A pre-eminent surgeon, he studied obstetrics at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and also in London...
(1815) - John Towers MA CM (1820)
- Robert LeeRobert Lee (midwifery)Robert Lee FRS was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow in 1834. He held the Chair for the shortest period of any holder to date, resigning from his position immediately after giving his opening address....
MD FRS (1834) - William CuminWilliam CuminWilliam Cumin was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow between 1834 and 1840.He was the son of Patrick Cumin , Professor of Oriental Languages at the University of Glasgow, and his wife Rachael Baird...
MA MD (1834) - John Macmichan Pagan MD (1840)
- William Leishman MD (1868)
- Murdoch CameronMurdoch CameronMurdoch Cameron was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1894 to 1926. He was a pioneer of the Caesarean section under modern antiseptic conditions, becoming world famous after the success of his first Caesarean section at Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital in 1888...
MD LLD (1894) - John Martin Munro KerrJohn Martin Munro KerrJohn Martin Munro Kerr was Reguis Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1927 to 1934. A scholar and surgeon of international acclaim he won both the Katherine Bishop Harman Prize in 1934 for his book Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and was the first recipient of the Blair Bell...
MD LLD (1927) - Samuel James CameronSamuel James CameronSamuel James Cameron was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1934 until 1942. The son of Caesarean Section pioneer Prof Murdoch Cameron, S.J. Cameron was a foundation Fellow of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1929, and for many years a member of the...
MB LLD (1934) - James Hendry MA MB BSc (1943)
- Robert Aim LennieRobert Aim LennieRobert Aim Lennie was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow from 1946 to 1955.Lennie was born at Cambuslang, Glasgow in 1889 the son of Ritchie Lennie , an oil and colour manufacturer, from Kincardine, Perthshire, and his wife Isabella Crawford Smith, daughter of Brodie...
MD LLD (1946) - Ian DonaldIan DonaldIan Donald was a Scottish physician who pioneered the use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine. His article Investigation of Abdominal Masses by Pulsed Ultrasound, published June 7, 1958 in the medical journal The Lancet, was one of the defining publications in the field...
CBE BA MD (1955) - Charles Richard Whitfield MD FRCOG FRCPSGlas (1976)http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2490&type=P
- Iain T Cameron BSc MD MA (1993)
- Ian A Greer MD MRCP FRCP MRCOG MFFP
- Jane Norman (2007)