# William Smellie

> William Smellie was a Scottish obstetrician and medical instructor who practiced and taught primarily in London. One of the first prominent male midwives in Britain, he designed an improved version of the obstetrical forceps, established safer delivery practices, and through his teaching and writing helped make obstetrics more scientifically based. He is often called the "father of British midwifery".

*Scottish obstetrician (1697–1763)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-smellie-q1288191

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1697-02-15
- **Died:** 1763-03-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.1 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 12.4 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Smellie](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie)
- [ويليام سميلي (طبيب توليد)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF))
- [وليام سميلى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89)
- [William Smellie (Mediziner)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie_(Mediziner))
- [William Smellie (obstetrician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie_(obstetrician))
- [William Smellie](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie)
- [William Smellie (obstétricien)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie_(obst%C3%A9tricien))
- [William Smellie](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie)
- [William Smellie](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie)
- [ウイリアム・スメリー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC)
- [വില്യം സ്മെല്ലി (ഒബ്സ്റ്റട്രീഷൻ)](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF_(%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%BB))
- [William Smellie (gynaecoloog)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie_(gynaecoloog))
- [William Smellie](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smellie)
- [Смелли, Уильям (акушер)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1288191)

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