Andrew Hope Davidson MD, FRCPI, FRCOG (May 29, 1895 – February 12, 1967) was professor of midwifery at the

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. He graduated from

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in 1917, and subsequently served with the

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in Palestine and Syria during the First World War. He returned to Dublin, and qualified in medicine in 1920. He was master of the Rotunda Hospital from 1933 to 1940, and oversaw the development of many new services and facilities A Historical Perspective of the RCSI Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1789–2006.
RCSI Women's Health, 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2018. He was appointed to the

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in 1940. In 1948, he became gynaecologist at

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. He was King's Professor of Midwifery from 14 January 1953 to 6 May 1960. Some of his medical contributions were in the areas of

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, and

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. He was a foundation fellow of the

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.Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. (2014
RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914–1918.
ondon: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 3.

References

1895 births 1967 deaths Royal Army Medical Corps officers British Army personnel of World War I Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Irish obstetricians Irish gynaecologists Irish soldiers in the British Army Physicians of the Rotunda Hospital Place of birth missing Irish military doctors {{Ireland-med-bio-stub