Francis Champneys

Sir Francis Henry Champneys
FRCP
Born25 March 1848
Whitechapel, London, England
Died30 July 1930
Nutley, Sussex, England
EducationBrasenose College
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Known forRaising the status of midwives

Founding the History of Medicine Society at Royal Society of Medicine

Crown nominee of GMC 1911–1926
Scientific career
Fieldsphysician, obstetrician and historian

Francis Champneys with family in 1862

Sir Francis Henry Champneys, 1st Baronet, FRCP (25 March 1848, London – 30 July 1930, Nutley, Sussex, England)[1][2] was an eminent obstetrician known for raising the status of midwives in the early twentieth century, by his campaigning for their training and certification and for supporting the founding of the History of Medicine Society in 1912.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Sir Francis Henry Champneys (1848–1930), Bt, DM, FRCP. BBC
  3. ^ J. S. Fairbairn, ‘Champneys, Sir Francis Henry, first baronet (1848–1930)’, rev. June Hannam, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 June 2012
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