Henry Jellett (gynaecologist) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Henry Jellett
Jellett in 1911
Born	1872
Died	8 June 1948  (aged 75–76)

Henry Jellett (1872–1948) was an eminent Irish Gynaecologist, and author.

Educated at the Trinity College Dublin, where he was later Professor of Midwifery. During World War I he was Commandant of the Munro Ambulance Corps in Northern Flanders and was Mentioned in Despatches, also winning the Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Couronne de Belgique and the Croix de Guerre, Française (with two stars). When peace returned he was consultant at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin from 1910 to 1919. Later he was consultant obstetrician to the New Zealand Department of Health. He died on 8 June 1948.

His father, also called Henry Jellett, was Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1889 until his death in 1901.