Name Francis Champneys Role Author | Died July 30, 1930 | |
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Education Brasenose College, Oxford | ||
Sir Francis Henry Champneys, 1st Baronet, FRCP (25 March 1848, London – 30 July 1930, Nutley, Sussex, England) was an eminent obstetrician.
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Early years
He was born in Whitechapel on 25 March 1848 to William Champneys, Dean of Lichfield from 1868 to 1875. Amongst his six siblings were the architect and author Basil Champneys and the rowing clergyman Weldon Champneys. He was educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford. after which he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying in 1888.
Career
He was a fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society and was elected president of its successor organisation, the Royal Society of Medicine, in 1912. Champneys supported Sir William Osler in the founding of The History of Medicine Society at The Royal Society of Medicine, London in 1912. He particularly championed raising the status of midwives; and was Chairman of the Central Midwives’ Board from 1903 until 1930. He was the crown nominee from 1911 to 1926 of the General Medical Council. Champneys was created a baronet in 1910.
Death
He died on 30 July 1930 and was succeeded by his son, Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys.