William Fetherstone Montgomery (1797–1859) was an Irish

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credited for first describing the

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Life

Montgomery was born, raised and educated in

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. He attended

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Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. After graduating Montgomery was appointed professor of Midwifery at the

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in Dublin and would later serve two terms as President of the college. His papers and studies were focused on the breast, in particular changes to the nipple and areola. He was instrumental in establishing the chair of obstetrics at the Irish College of Physicians. He died in 1859 of

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and buried at

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in Dublin. Montgomery was married; his great-grandson H. L. Hardy Greer was an obstetrician at the Royal Maternity Hospital in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, William Fetherstone 1797 births 1859 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish obstetricians Medical doctors from Dublin (city) Burials at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium