Cause of death angina pectoris Name William Montgomery Years active 1820s-1859 | Citizenship Irish Nationality Irish | |
Born 1797 Dublin, Ireland Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin Occupation Academia (Professor of Midwifery), Obstetrics, Gynecology Died 1859, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Resting place Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium People also search for George Halpin, Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet, Sarah Purser | ||
Education Trinity College, Dublin | ||
William Fetherstone Montgomery (1797-1859) was an Irish obstetrician credited for first describing the Glands of Montgomery.
Life
Montgomery was born, raised and educated in Dublin, Ireland. He attended medical school at Trinity College, Dublin. After graduating Montgomery was appointed professor of Midwifery at the College of Physicians 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 angina pectoris and buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin.
Montgomery was married; his great-grandson H. L. Hardy Greer was an obstetrician at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Belfast.