Hector MacLennan
Sir Hector Ross MacLennan FRCP FRCPGlas FRCOG (1 November 1905 – 6 January 1978) was a Scottish gynaecologist, knighted in the 1965 Birthday Honours.[1][2][3] From 1963 to 1966, he was president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Early life and education
[edit]Hector MacLennan was born on 1 November 1905 in Glasgow.[4]
Honours and awards
[edit]From 1963 to 1966, he was president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[4] In 1961 MacLennan was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1970.[5] He delivered the Dossibai J. R. Dadabhoy oration in 1966.[6] He was President of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1967 to 1969.
Family
[edit]His son, Robert was ennobled as Baron Maclennan of Rogart. His daughter was the acclaimed Elizabeth MacLennan.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 'MacLENNAN, Sir Hector', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn., Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 6 Sept 2013
- ^ Sir Hector Maclennan Public service in Scotland (Obituaries) The Times Monday, 9 January 1978; p. 14; Issue 60205; col F
- ^ Sir Hector Maclennan (Obituaries) The Times Thursday, 19 January 1978; p. 19; Issue 60214; col. G
- ^ a b "Sir Hector Ross MacLennan". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ "The place of manipulative obstetrics in modern practice" (PDF). Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology of India. 16 (3): 245. June 1966.
- ^ "Elizabeth MacLennan obituary". The Guardian. 29 June 2015.
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