Robert Bland facts for kids
Robert Bland (1730–1816) was an English doctor who specialized in helping women give birth. He worked as a physician at the London Dispensary, a medical center that provided care to people.
Robert Bland's Life Story
Robert Bland was born in King's Lynn, England. His father was a lawyer. Robert studied medicine at hospitals in London. In 1778, he earned his medical degree from St Andrew's University in Scotland. A few years later, in 1786, he received his license to practice medicine.
He became a very busy doctor in London, focusing on helping women during childbirth. He was even asked to write articles about childbirth for a famous encyclopedia called Rees's Cyclopædia. Robert Bland passed away in London on June 29, 1816.
Robert Bland's Family
Robert Bland had a son named William Bland. William became a doctor for the navy. He later moved to Australia and became involved in politics there.
Robert Bland's daughter, Sophia, married John Benjamin Heath. John Heath later became a very important person, serving as a governor of the Bank of England.
Robert Bland's Writings
Robert Bland also wrote several books and papers about medicine. These included:
- "Some calculations of accidents or deaths which happen in consequence of parturition, &c. taken from the midwifery reports of the Westminster Dispensary." (This was a paper published in 1781 about childbirth statistics.)
- Observations on Human and Comparative Parturition (A book published in 1794 about childbirth in humans and animals.)
- Proverbs chiefly taken from the Adagia of Erasmus ... (A book published in 1814, collecting proverbs.)
