David Berry Hart

David Berry Hart, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. (born 12 December 1851, died 10 June 1920) was a Scottish surgeon and teacher.^[1]

Biography

David Berry Hart was born and died in Edinburgh. His grandfather, David Berry, had been a builder in Edinburgh. His wife was Jessie Smith Welsh Berry, a first cousin, and they had two daughters and two sons. A grand-daughter is Marian Lines, a writer and actress.

He graduated M.B., C.M. from the University of Edinburgh in 1877. Specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, he continued his studies and graduated M.D. with a gold medal and the Syme Surgical Fellowship on “The Structural Anatomy of the female pelvic floor”.

He was Secretary of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society^[2] between 1879 and 1883 and became President in 1890. He was also Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

He was an examiner in midwifery in the universities of Edinburgh, Oxford, Birmingham and Liverpool.

He was devoted to Liberalism and the United Free Church of Scotland.

Specialist Interests

Professor Hart wrote nine books and more than 70 papers. Among these were “Manual of Gynaecology”, “Guide to Midwifery” and “Some Phases of Evolution”. He contributed an article on “Hermaphrodism in Man” for “Encyclopaedia Medica”.

Regarded by others as a tour de force of dubious utility, he drew on Mendelian principles with singular vigour.

Honours

• Honorary Fellow of the American Gynaecological Society^[3]
• Honorary Fellow of the Berlin Obstetrical Society
• Corresponding Fellow of the Leipzig Obstetrical Society

References

1. ^ "Obituary: David Berry Hart, M.D., F.R.C.P.Edin.". British Medical Journal. 19 June 1920. pp. 852–853. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2338039. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
2. ^ Papers held at Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. "1840-1938: minutes of Edinburgh Obstetrical Society". http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O31772. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
3. ^ http://www.agosonline.org/history/index.asp The American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS) was formed through the union of the American Gynecological Society and the American Association Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Persondata
Name	Hart, David Berry
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish surgeon and writer
Date of birth	12 December 1851
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	10 June 1920
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland