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 == Sir James Young Simpson and Successors ==
-[[File:Edi uni eu 0441 large.jpg | border | 275 px | right | thumb | A glass bottle used to administer chloroform, owned by [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]], with a leather case (UCA0918)]]From the perspective of Midwifery, however, Hamilton’s appeal to the Town Council was an unqualified success, and the subject became a compulsory part of the Medical degree from 1833 onwards. His successor in 1840 [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]] is perhaps the most distinguished holder of the chair, celebrated for his discovery of the anaesthetic effects of chloroform, and application of them to relieve labour pains. The [[Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital]] was opened in 1879 as a permanent memorial to his achievements.
+[[File:Edi uni eu 0441 large.jpg | border | 250 px | right | thumb |[[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]] by [[Sir John Watson Gordon (1788-1864)]], University of Edinburgh Fine Art Collection (EU0441)]]From the perspective of Midwifery, however, Hamilton’s appeal to the Town Council was an unqualified success, and the subject became a compulsory part of the Medical degree from 1833 onwards. His successor in 1840 [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]] is perhaps the most distinguished holder of the chair, celebrated for his discovery of the anaesthetic effects of chloroform, and application of them to relieve labour pains. The [[Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital]] was opened in 1879 as a permanent memorial to his achievements.
 Simpson was succeeded by his nephew [[Sir Alexander Russell Simpson (1835-1916)]] who held the Chair until his retirement in 1905. Simpson lectured and published on both obstetrics and gynaecology. His successor in Chair [[Sir John Halliday Croom (1847-1923)]], however, was a specialist in obstetrics alone, necessitating the appointment of [[Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour (1856-1927)]] as Lecturer in Gynaecology. On the retirement of both men in 1922, the two subjects were once again reunited in a Chair of Midwifery and Gynaecology.
 == Chair of Midwifery and Gynaecology ==

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 == Sir James Young Simpson and Successors ==
-From the perspective of Midwifery, however, Hamilton’s appeal to the Town Council was an unqualified success, and the subject became a compulsory part of the Medical degree from 1833 onwards. His successor in 1840 [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]] is perhaps the most distinguished holder of the chair, celebrated for his discovery of the anaesthetic effects of chloroform, and application of them to relieve labour pains. The [[Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital]] was opened in 1879 as a permanent memorial to his achievements.
+[[File:Edi uni eu 0441 large.jpg | border | 275 px | right | thumb | A glass bottle used to administer chloroform, owned by [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]], with a leather case (UCA0918)]]From the perspective of Midwifery, however, Hamilton’s appeal to the Town Council was an unqualified success, and the subject became a compulsory part of the Medical degree from 1833 onwards. His successor in 1840 [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]] is perhaps the most distinguished holder of the chair, celebrated for his discovery of the anaesthetic effects of chloroform, and application of them to relieve labour pains. The [[Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital]] was opened in 1879 as a permanent memorial to his achievements.
 Simpson was succeeded by his nephew [[Sir Alexander Russell Simpson (1835-1916)]] who held the Chair until his retirement in 1905. Simpson lectured and published on both obstetrics and gynaecology. His successor in Chair [[Sir John Halliday Croom (1847-1923)]], however, was a specialist in obstetrics alone, necessitating the appointment of [[Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour (1856-1927)]] as Lecturer in Gynaecology. On the retirement of both men in 1922, the two subjects were once again reunited in a Chair of Midwifery and Gynaecology.

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−	[[File:0020917c.jpg \| border \| ~~300~~ px \| right \| thumb \| A glass bottle used to administer chloroform, owned by [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]], with a leather case (UCA0918)]]The Chair of Midwifery dates back to 9 February 1726, when the [[Town Council]] appointed [[Joseph Gibson (c1698-c1739)]] as Professor of Midwifery to the City, but not the University, of Edinburgh.	+	[[File:0020917c.jpg \| border \| 275 px \| right \| thumb \| A glass bottle used to administer chloroform, owned by [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]], with a leather case (UCA0918)]]The Chair of Midwifery dates back to 9 February 1726, when the [[Town Council]] appointed [[Joseph Gibson (c1698-c1739)]] as Professor of Midwifery to the City, but not the University, of Edinburgh.

	== Foundation of Chair ==		== Foundation of Chair ==

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−	The Chair of Midwifery dates back to 9 February 1726, when the [[Town Council]] appointed [[Joseph Gibson (c1698-c1739)]] as Professor of Midwifery to the City, but not the University, of Edinburgh.	+	[[File:0020917c.jpg \| border \| 300 px \| right \| thumb \| A glass bottle used to administer chloroform, owned by [[Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870)]], with a leather case (UCA0918)]]The Chair of Midwifery dates back to 9 February 1726, when the [[Town Council]] appointed [[Joseph Gibson (c1698-c1739)]] as Professor of Midwifery to the City, but not the University, of Edinburgh.

	== Foundation of Chair ==		== Foundation of Chair ==

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 == Sources ==
 *Roger L. Emerson, Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008)
 *[[Sir Alexander Grant]], ''The Story of the University of Edinburgh during its First Three Hundred Years'', 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884)
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 In 1780, [[Alexander Hamilton (1739-1802)]] was appointed as joint Professor and, on Young’s death three years later, became sole holder of the Chair. Besides establishing Edinburgh's first Maternity Hospital (on the site of the present [[Teviot Row House]]), Hamilton was the first Edinburgh Professor of Midwifery to enjoy an international reputation, publishing text-books and treatises that were translated into German. Hamilton took his son [[James Hamilton (1767-1839)]] as joint Professor in 1798, finally resigning in his favour in 1800.
-== James Hamilton (1800-1839) ==
+== James Hamilton ==
 Although an outstanding academic in his own right, James Hamilton is now best-known for triggering a crisis that led to a major reform in the governance of Edinburgh University and of the Scottish universities in general. In 1815, he petitioned the Senatus Academicus to make a course in Midwifery a compulsory component of a degree in [[Medicine]]. The petition was turned down, perhaps, as Sir Alexander Grant argues, due to the animosity of senior members of Senatus towards the quarrelsome and litigious Hamilton. In 1825, therefore, he applied directly to the Town Council, the University’s governing body, who responded favourably and instructed Senatus to include Midwifery within the degree curriculum. Senatus refused, arguing that arrangements for degrees and graduation were their responsibility alone, but were compelled to conform following a visitation of the University by the Town Council on 10 November 1825. An appeal to the Law Courts failed with the justiciary finding in favour of the Town Council.

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	In the 1946, the professorship was renamed as the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It was held in succession by [[Robert James Kellar (1909-1980)]], 1946-1974; [[Melville Greig Kerr]], 1974-1977; [[David Tennent Baird (1935- )]], 1977-1986; and [[Andrew Alexander Calder (1945- )]], 1987-[2014?], who is currently Professor Emeritus. Upon Professor Calder's retirement, the professorship was once again renamed as the Chair of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences.		In the 1946, the professorship was renamed as the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It was held in succession by [[Robert James Kellar (1909-1980)]], 1946-1974; [[Melville Greig Kerr]], 1974-1977; [[David Tennent Baird (1935- )]], 1977-1986; and [[Andrew Alexander Calder (1945- )]], 1987-[2014?], who is currently Professor Emeritus. Upon Professor Calder's retirement, the professorship was once again renamed as the Chair of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences.
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		+	== Chair of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences ==
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		+	Since 2014, Andrew Horne has held the Chair of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences in the [[School of Clinical Sciences]] (part of the [[College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine]]).

	== Holders of the Chair ==		== Holders of the Chair ==

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 == Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ==
-In the 1946, the professorship was renamed as the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
+In the 1946, the professorship was renamed as the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It was held in succession by [[Robert James Kellar (1909-1980)]], 1946-1974; [[Melville Greig Kerr]], 1974-1977; [[David Tennent Baird (1935- )]], 1977-1986; and [[Andrew Alexander Calder (1945- )]], 1987-[2014?], who is currently Professor Emeritus. Upon Professor Calder's retirement, the professorship was once again renamed as the Chair of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences.
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 *1974-1977: [[Melville Greig Kerr]]
 *1977-1986: [[David Tennent Baird (1935- )]]
-*1987-[2014?]: [[Andrew Alexander Calder (1945- ))]]
+*1987-[2014?]: [[Andrew Alexander Calder (1945- )]]
 ==== Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences ====