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Robert Lee (obstetrician)

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in 1814. After his graduation he was appointed Physician's Clerk to James Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, a position he relinquished in 1817.
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in 1834. He held the Chair for the shortest period of any holder to date, resigning from his position immediately after giving his opening address.
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Clinical midwifery: comprising the histories of five hundred and forty-five cases of difficult, preternatural, and complicated labour
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In 1824 Lee accepted an appointment as personal physician to Prince
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in 1825. He described his experiences in Russia in the book
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The Last Days of Alexander and the First Days of Nicholas
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The Last Days of Alexander and the First Days of Nicholas
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London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 28: 17: 311:Between 1835 and 1866 he was lecturer at 421:Three Hundred Consultations in Midwifery 456:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 439: 607:Academics of the University of Glasgow 627:19th-century Scottish medical doctors 612:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 597:People from Melrose, Scottish Borders 7: 540:History of Scottish Medicine to 1860 306:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 447:Marland, Hilary (September 2004). 14: 632:Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery 566:Dictionary of National Biography 503:(1438): 332–337. 22 March 1851. 213: 560:"Lee, Robert (1793-1877)"  1: 509:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)73749-5 281:. Through this office he met 275:Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov 231:Regius Professor of Midwifery 229:(1793 – 6 February 1877) was 617:Fellows of the Royal Society 602:19th-century Scottish people 480:UK public library membership 545:Ballière, Tindall & Cox 530:Comrie, John Dixon (1927). 317:Royal College of Physicians 291:Fellow of the Royal Society 57:6 February 1877 (age 83/84) 648: 277:, Governor-General of the 261:, from which he graduated 253:, chiefly by the Reverend 450:"Lee, Robert (1793–1877)" 212: 47:Melrose, Scottish Borders 27: 201:John Lee (agriculturist) 426:John Churchill and Sons 361:John Churchill and Sons 304:Through the offices of 259:University of Edinburgh 172:Western Medical Society 115:University of Edinburgh 622:Scottish obstetricians 465:10.1093/ref:odnb/16306 368:Lee, Robert (2010) . 341:Kensal Green Cemetery 319:. He delivered their 283:Alexander I of Russia 235:University of Glasgow 73:Kensal Green Cemetery 418:Lee, Robert (1864). 393:Lee, Robert (1854). 353:Lee, Robert (1842). 313:St George's Hospital 91: /  327:in 1862 and their 95:51.5286°N 0.2241°W 478:(Subscription or 410:978-0-559-86070-6 385:978-1-152-99643-4 376:General Books LLC 321:Lumleian lectures 221: 220: 170:President of the 63:, Surrey, England 639: 571: 570: 562: 555: 549: 548: 536: 527: 521: 520: 490: 484: 483: 475: 473: 471: 452: 444: 429: 414: 389: 364: 329:Harveian oration 325:Croonian Lecture 299:Thomas Snow Beck 245:Lee was born at 217: 106: 105: 103: 102: 101: 100:51.5286; -0.2241 96: 92: 89: 88: 87: 84: 32: 18: 647: 646: 642: 641: 640: 638: 637: 636: 577: 576: 575: 574: 557: 556: 552: 534: 529: 528: 524: 492: 491: 487: 477: 469: 467: 446: 445: 441: 436: 417: 411: 392: 386: 367: 352: 349: 337: 323:in 1856, their 271: 243: 202: 177: 111:Alma mater 99: 97: 93: 90: 85: 82: 80: 78: 77: 76: 64: 58: 49: 44: 35: 23: 12: 11: 5: 645: 643: 635: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 589: 579: 578: 573: 572: 550: 522: 485: 438: 437: 435: 432: 431: 430: 415: 409: 390: 384: 365: 348: 345: 336: 333: 270: 267: 242: 239: 219: 218: 210: 209: 205: 204: 203:Mother unknown 199: 195: 194: 191: 187: 186: 183: 179: 178: 176: 175: 168: 162: 157: 151: 142: 132: 130: 126: 125: 122: 118: 117: 112: 108: 107: 70: 66: 65: 59: 55: 51: 50: 45: 41: 37: 36: 33: 25: 24: 21: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 644: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 585: 584: 582: 568: 567: 561: 554: 551: 546: 542: 541: 533: 526: 523: 518: 514: 510: 506: 502: 498: 497: 489: 486: 481: 466: 462: 458: 457: 451: 443: 440: 433: 427: 423: 422: 416: 412: 406: 402: 401:The Athenaeum 398: 397: 391: 387: 381: 377: 373: 372: 366: 362: 358: 357: 351: 350: 346: 344: 342: 334: 332: 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 309: 307: 302: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 268: 266: 264: 260: 256: 255:Robert Balmer 252: 248: 240: 238: 236: 232: 228: 225: 216: 211: 206: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 173: 169: 166: 163: 161: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 143: 140: 137: 134: 133: 131: 127: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 104: 74: 71: 69:Resting place 67: 62: 56: 52: 48: 42: 38: 34:Sketch of Lee 31: 26: 19: 16: 564: 553: 539: 525: 500: 494: 488: 468:. 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Melrose, Scottish Borders
Surbiton
Kensal Green Cemetery
51°31′43″N 0°13′27″W / 51.5286°N 0.2241°W / 51.5286; -0.2241
University of Edinburgh
MD
Edin.
MRCS
Edin.
LRCP
FRS
FRCS
Western Medical Society
Signature of Robert Lee
FRS
Regius Professor of Midwifery
University of Glasgow
Melrose
Galashiels
Robert Balmer
University of Edinburgh
MD
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
Crimea
Alexander I of Russia
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Medal
Thomas Snow Beck
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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