Arthur Giles

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Arthur Edward Giles FRCOG FRCS (1864-1936) was a gynecologist who was appointed as Physician to Out-Patients at the Chelsea Hospital for Women in 1893. [1] He was a founding fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. [2]

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Early life and education

Born on December 22, 1864, he received his early education at the City of London School, the Manchester Grammar School, and the Lycee, Havre. [1] He attended Owens College, Manchester (now the Victoria University of Manchester) and qualified in medicine in 1888. [1]

In 1898 he married May Tindall, the daughter of Albert A. Tindall, founder of the publishing house Balliere,Tindall and Cox, [1] [3] He was an active member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers. [1]

Career highlights

He worked in Manchester and at the General Lying-in Hospital in London before taking up his position at the Chelsea Hospital for Women. [1] He maintained a Harley Street office. [4] He also held posts at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham, Sutton Hospital, Pasmore Edwards Hospital, Edward Green and the Epping Hospital. [2] in 1909, Giles became the first Consultant Surgeon to the newly established Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital in Welwyn, a position which he held until his death in 1934. [3]

During the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. [1]

Later life and death

In 1929, he became President of the Gynaecological and Obstetric Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. [1]

In the early 1930s, he suffered a cerebral thrombosis. He retired in 1934 and died on December 26, 1935.

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Banister, J. Bright (1936). "Mr. A. E. Giles" . BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 43 (1): 117–120. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1936.tb12391.x. ISSN   1471-0528.
  2. 1 2 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). (2014) RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 5. Archived here.
  3. 1 2 "H S Tindall Biography". www.welwynww1.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Stokes, M. V. (2004). A measure of the elite: a history of medical practitioners in Harley Street, 1845-1914 (Doctoral thesis). University of London.


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