Chamberlen is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
McClellan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Acland is an English surname. The Aclands of Devon were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland near Barnstaple. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Chamberlen (1572–1626) was the younger of two brothers with the same forename, the sons of Guillaume (William) Chamberlen, a Huguenot surgeon who fled from Paris to England in 1569.
Van de Velde, Vande Velde, or Vandevelde is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". Van de Velde is the 32nd most common name in Belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008, while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "Van de Velde" in The Netherlands. Among other variations on this name are Van der Velde, Vandevelde, Van Velde, Van de Velden, and Van der Velden.
Holl and Höll are surnames that may refer to:
Obstetrical forceps are a medical instrument used in childbirth. Their use can serve as an alternative to the ventouse method.
Jenkins is a surname that originated in Cornwall, but came to be popular in southern Wales. The name "Jenkin" originally meant "little John" or "son of John". The "kin" portion is of Dutch or Danish origin (-kijn), which then gained a certain popularity in England.
Forster is a north English surname meaning "forester". It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same. Some indigenous south Germans independently carry the name Forster, while East Prussian Forsters are descendants of an 18th century English Forster family. Notable people with this surname include:
Andree or Andrée is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Girdlestone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Despencer or Despenser is an occupational surname referring to the medieval court office of steward, most commonly associated with Norman-English barons of the 13th- and 14th-centuries and their descendants. Notable people with this surname include:
Gosse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surnames MacGavin and McGavin are Scottish surnames, which are possibly variations of the surnames McGowan and MacGowan, which are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacGobhann and Irish Gaelic Mac Gabhann, meaning "son of the smith". When the surname MacGavin and McGavin originate from Glasgow and Moray, they can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as Mac a' Ghobhainn.
Cayley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hugh Chamberlen the elder was an English royal physician, obstetrician and writer on finance.
Pierson is an English surname, meaning "son of Piers". Notable people with the surname include:
Hugh Chamberlen the younger (1664–1728) was a fashionable English physician in London.
Peter Chamberlen the elder (c.1560–1631) was a French barber-surgeon who grew up in England and worked in London. With an interest in obstetrics, he was unusual for the time for his role as a "man-midwife"; and came into conflict with the established College of Physicians of London.
Peter Chamberlen may refer to:
Peter Chamberlen M.D. (1601–1683), known as Peter the Third, was an English physician. The obstetrical forceps as invention has been credited to the Chamberlen family: the earliest evidence of what was a family trade secret points to his having it in 1630. He continued the family tradition of trying to bring the profession of midwifery under their control. His writings blend ideas associated with the Fifth Monarchists and Levellers with social schemes of his own with a utopian flavour.