George Henkell Drummond Robinson FRCP (1864–1950) was a senior British physician specialising in

obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

Biography

Born on 1 October 1864 in

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, George Drummond Robinson was educated at

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and at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1889. He subsequently became a

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at the

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and at the Westminster Hospital, specialising in the diseases of women. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1906. He was an examiner in

obstetric medicine Obstetric medicine, similar to maternal medicine, is a sub-specialty of general internal medicine and obstetrics that specializes in process of prevention, diagnosing, and treating medical disorders in with pregnant women. It is closely related to ...

for the University of Cambridge, and an examiner in midwifery and the diseases of women for the University of London, the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians. George Drummond Robinson published widely in the field of

Obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

, and his publications included ''Some Micro-Organisms of Obstetrical and Gyaecological Interest'', 1895, ''Progress of Gyaecology and Midwifery during the Queen's Reign'', 1897, ''Vulval Discharges in Children'', 1899, and ''An Atlas of Normal Labour'', 1925. George Drummond Robinson died in

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on 19 August 1950.Obituary, ''The Times'', 21 August 1950

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, George Drummond 1864 births 1950 deaths People educated at Bedford School Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians 20th-century English medical doctors 19th-century Jamaican people