James Towers CM
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James Towers (died 1820) was the first occupant of the Regius Chair of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow.
A pre-eminent surgeon, he studied obstetrics at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and also in London. In 1790 he requested to lecture on obstetrics at the University of Glasgow, and he was appointed the first Professor of Midwifery in 1815.
A firm Tory, he was the father of William Towers-Clark (1805-1870), lawyer and Dean of the Faculty of Procurators, and of John Towers (died 1833), who succeeded him as the second occupant of the Chair of Midwifery at the University.
[edit] Bibliography
Comrie, John D. (1927) History of Scottish Medicine to 1860, London, Ballière, Tindall & Cox.
MacLehose, James (1886) Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men, Glasgow, James MacLehose & Sons.
