Dobbin , Roy Samuel , 1873-1939 , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Smith , Edward , Protheroe- , fl 1933

Dobbin , Roy Samuel , 1873-1939 , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Smith , Edward , Protheroe- , fl 1933

Roy Samuel Dobbin FRCOG (1873-1939) graduated in medicine at Trinity College Dublin. His main interest was pathology, but he also worked in obstetrics and in 1906 was appointed to the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Cairo. After service during the First World War he returned to Cairo, where he spent the rest of his professional life.

Edward Protheroe-Smith was a descendant of Dr Protheroe-Smith, the founder of the Hospital for Women in Soho Square (1842).