Macaulay, George
From AngloScottish
Dates | c.1740-1766 | ||
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Location | Oxfordshire & London | ||
Vocation | Physician & man-midwife | ||
Place of Birth | Edinburgh | ||
Marriage | Leonora Maria Bathurst; 2nd wife Catharine Sawbridge (1760) | ||
Issue | Charles, Archibald, Caroline, Leonora Maria & Catherine; Catharine Sophia | ||
Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Attended University of Edinburgh 1733-38, Under patronage of Campbell, John (London), 2nd Duke of Argyll transferred studies to Padua, graduated MD & PhD 1738. Migrated to Banbury, Oxfordshire, establishing practice at Pye Corner, Banbury where Macaulay treated the poor free of charge Moved to London 1750/1 and settled in Poland Street. He sought and won the position of man-midwife to the British Lying-In Hospital for Married Women in Brownlow Street. Macaulay made significant contributions to the field of obstetrics and was a medical writer of unusual cases. Moved to Jermyn Street (1750s). Buried at Christ Church, Newgate.