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词条 George Freeland Barbour Simpson
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. Publications

  4. References

Dr George Freeland Barbour Simpson FRSE FRCPE FRCSE JP (1874–1958) was a 20th century British physician and gynaecologist. In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh.

Life

He was born on 21 September 1874 at 52 Queen Street in Edinburgh the son of Alexander Russell Simpson and his wife, Margaret Stewart Barbour (sister of Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour). 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) then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University. He graduated MB ChB in 1898.[2]

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 Edinburgh University.

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.[3]

In the First World War he served as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He died at home, 5 Randolph Cliff in Edinburgh on 8 April 1958. He is buried with his parents in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh.[4]

Family

In 1899 he married his cousin Caroline Elizabeth Barbour.

Their children included Alexander Rudolph Barbour Simpson (1900-1977).

His brother was the scientist James Young Simpson.

He was a cousin of the politician George Freeland Barbour.[5]

Publications

  • The Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Obstetrics (1909)[6] a curious 3D medical book

References

1. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directories 1870 to 1875
2. ^https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/69784?highlight=**
3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
4. ^https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158521323/george-freeland_barbour-simpson
5. ^http://www.ainslie.org.uk/genealogy/barbour/dat3.htm
6. ^https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5200242/pdf/hosplond72502-0012b.pdf
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