GB 1538 S68 - CHAMPNEYS, Sir Francis Henry (1848-1930)

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GB 1538 S68 [1908-1923] Collection (fonds) 1 file Champneys , Sir , Francis Henry , 1848-1930 , Knight , obstetric physician

Born, 1848; educated at Winchester College,1860-1866, and at Brasenose College, Oxford, 1866-1870, medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1870-1875; MD, 1888; Radcliffe travelling fellowship of Oxford University; member of the Royal College of Physicians, 1876, and fellow, 1882; member of the board for the examination of midwives of the Obstetrical Society of London (OSL), 1882; assistant obstetric physician to St George's Hospital and Obstetric Physician to the General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, 1880; Obstetric Physician to St George's, 1885; Physician Accoucheur to St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1891-1913; Chairman of the OSL, 1891-1895; President of the OSL, 1895; Chairman of the Central Midwives' Board, 1902-1930; retired 1913; died, 1930.

Passed from the College Library's 'Autographed Letters Collection' to the Archives in August 2007.

Papers of Sir Francis Champneys, [1908-1923], including note by Champneys on midwives; note by Champneys stating his opinions on 'coitus interruptus', 'french letters' and 'undue indulgence'; note by Champneys on his opinions regarding contraception; note by Champneys on the affects of childlessness; letters from Dr Mary Scharlieb to Champneys, 17-22 Oct 1923 on contraception, including a press cutting on an address by Scharlieb in the Church Times, 19 Oct 1923; pamphlet entitled 'Why should I support Preventive and Rescue Work?: answer by Sir Francis Champneys', issued by the Archbishops' Advisory Board; pamphlet of a paper read by Champneys to the Chichester Diocesan Purity Association entitled 'Sex', 16 Jun 1927; pamphlet of an address by Champneys on 'Maternity and Child Welfare', delivered at the town hall, Liverpool, 2 Jul 1917; leaflet on cancer of the womb by Champneys, Jun 1908 and letter from the National Council of Public Morals returning a document to Champneys, 4 Aug 1916.

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Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jul 2008 Family planning Contraception Birth control Female genital diseases Health Health policy Maternal and child health Behaviour Sexual behaviour Pathology Diseases Female genital cancers Child welfare Social welfare Maternal welfare Medical sciences Obstetrics Midwifery Nursing Champneys , Sir , Francis Henry , 1848-1930 , Knight , obstetric physician Scharlieb , Dame , Mary Anne Dacomb , 1845-1930 , surgeon Chichester Diocesan Purity Association Church of England National Council of Public Morals

Passed from the College Library's 'Autographed Letters Collection' to the Archives in August 2007.

Papers of Sir Francis Champneys, [1908-1923], including note by Champneys on midwives; note by Champneys stating his opinions on 'coitus interruptus', 'french letters' and 'undue indulgence'; note by Champneys on his opinions regarding contraception; note by Champneys on the affects of childlessness; letters from Dr Mary Scharlieb to Champneys, 17-22 Oct 1923 on contraception, including a press cutting on an address by Scharlieb in the Church Times, 19 Oct 1923; pamphlet entitled 'Why should I support Preventive and Rescue Work?: answer by Sir Francis Champneys', issued by the Archbishops' Advisory Board; pamphlet of a paper read by Champneys to the Chichester Diocesan Purity Association entitled 'Sex', 16 Jun 1927; pamphlet of an address by Champneys on 'Maternity and Child Welfare', delivered at the town hall, Liverpool, 2 Jul 1917; leaflet on cancer of the womb by Champneys, Jun 1908 and letter from the National Council of Public Morals returning a document to Champneys, 4 Aug 1916.

Original order

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English

No additional finding aids.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais