Andrew Hope Davidson

Andrew Hope Davidson MD, FRCPI, FRCOG (May 29, 1895 - February 12,1967) was professor of midwifery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[1]

He graduated from Trinity College in 1917, and subsequently served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Palestine and Syria during the First World War.[1] He returned to Dublin, and qualified in medicine in 1920.[1]

He was master of the Rotunda Hospital from 1933 to 1940, and oversaw the development of many new services and facilities [2] [3] He was appointed to the Royal City of Dublin Hospital in 1940. In 1948, he became gynaecologist at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital.[1]

He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[4]

References
  1. "Obituary Notices: A. H. Davidson". British Medical Journal. 2 (5545): 183–184. April 15, 1967. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 1841668. PMID 5336407.
  2. A Historical Perspective of the RCSI Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1789-2006. Archived 2016-03-22 at the Wayback Machine RCSI Women's Health, 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. "Andrew Hope Davidson | Rotunda Online Exhibition". Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. (2014) RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 3. Archived here.


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