Francis Champneys
Sir Francis Henry Champneys | |
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| Born | 25 March 1848 Whitechapel, London, England |
| Died | 30 July 1930 |
| Education | Brasenose College St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Known for | Raising the status of midwives
Founding the History of Medicine Society at Royal Society of Medicine Crown nominee of GMC 1911–1926 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physician, obstetrician and historian |
Sir Francis Henry Champneys, 1st Baronet, FRCP (25 March 1848 in London – 30 July 1930 in Nutley, Sussex, England) was an eminent obstetrician known for raising the status of midwives in the early twentieth century, by his campaigning for their training and certification and for supporting the founding of the History of Medicine Society in 1912.