George Freeland Barbour SimpsonFRSEFRCPEFRCSEJP (21 September 1874 – 8 April 1958) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and gynaecologist. In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh.
george, freeland, barbour, simpson, frse, frcpe, frcse, september, 1874, april, 1958, 20th, century, scottish, physician, gynaecologist, 1913, served, president, obstetrical, society, edinburgh, contents, life, family, publications, referenceslife, edit, nbsp,. George Freeland Barbour Simpson FRSE FRCPE FRCSE JP 21 September 1874 8 April 1958 was a 20th century Scottish physician and gynaecologist In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh Contents 1 Life 2 Family 3 Publications 4 ReferencesLife edit nbsp 52 Queen Street Edinburgh nbsp The grave of Alexander Russell Simpson Grange Cemetery EdinburghHe was born on 21 September 1874 at 52 Queen Street in Edinburgh the son of Margaret Stewart Barbour sister of Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour and her husband Alexander Russell Simpson The house where they lived had been inherited on the death of his great uncle James Young Simpson 1 He was educated at George Watson s College 1884 1892 and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1898 2 and gaining his MD in 1905 3 He followed in his father s shoes as head Physician of the Simpson Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh named after his great uncle He also lectured in gynaecology at the University of Edinburgh In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh His proposers were Daniel John Cunningham Alexander Crum Brown James Cossar Ewart and Cargill Gilston Knott 4 In 1911 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh 5 6 During World War I he served as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps He died at home 5 Randolph Cliff in Edinburgh on 8 April 1958 Family editIn 1899 he married his cousin Caroline Elizabeth Barbour Their children included Alexander Rudolph Barbour Simpson 1900 1977 citation needed His brother was the scientist James Young Simpson and his cousin the politician George Freeland Barbour 7 Publications editThe Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Obstetrics 1909 8 a curious 3D medical bookReferences edit Edinburgh Post Office Directories 1870 to 1875 Simpson George Freeland Barbour collections ed ac uk Retrieved 26 May 2019 Simpson George Freeland Barbour 1905 A contribution to the study of fibroid tumours of the vagina Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 PDF The Royal Society of Edinburgh July 2006 ISBN 0 902 198 84 X Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 27 June 2018 Minute Books of the Harveian Society Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Watson Wemyss Herbert Lindesay 1933 A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society T amp A Constable Edinburgh Genealogy Data www ainslie org uk Retrieved 26 May 2019 The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Obstetrics The Indian Medical Gazette 43 12 470 December 1908 PMC 5183168 nbsp nbsp nbsp This Scottish biographical article related to medicine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Freeland Barbour Simpson amp oldid 1212050069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
