Sir Comyns Berkeley taken by James Lafayette of Lafayette Ltd, on 19 August 1929
Born
(1865-10-16)16 October 1865
Notting Hill, London
Died
27 November 1946(1946-11-27) (aged 81)
Middlesex, London
Resting place
St Marylebone Crematorium, East Finchley
Nationality
British
Education
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Known for
Co-founding the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, helping to found the Royal College of Nursing
Spouse
Lady Ethel Berkeley née Rose
Awards
Knight of the Bath, FRCS, FRCOG, FRCP, Hon MMSA
Scientific career
Fields
obstetric and gynaecology
Institutions
Middlesex Hospital, City of London Maternity Hospital, Chelsea Hospital for Women
George Harold Arthur Comyns BerkeleyKB FRCS FRCOG FRCP (16 October 1865 – 27 January 1946) was an obstetric physician, gynaecological surgeon and medical writer. Berkeley was most notable along with William Blair-Bell and Sir William Sinclair for creating the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[1] Berkeley was also noted for his writing collaborations with Victor Bonney,[2] the book A Textbook of Gynaecological Surgery that is still considered a medical classic.[3] It was as teacher that he excelled.[2]
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^ ab"Berkeley, Sir George Harold Arthur Comyns (1865–1946)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^Thomas F. Baskett (24 January 2019). Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Cambridge University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-108-42170-6. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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and Earl of March Earl of Nottingham 28 June 1483 Berkeley extinct 1491 created Marquess of Berkeley in 1488 Earl of Surrey 28 June 1483 Beaumont, Fitzalan-Howard...
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