Ian MacGillivray FRCOG FRCP (25 October 1920 – 18 June 2021) was a Scottish doctor who was a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen and president of the International Society for Twin Studies.
Early life edit
MacGillivray was born in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire in October 1920.[1][2] He was educated at the Leven Academy, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.[3] He attended the University of Glasgow and graduated with a medical degree in 1944.[3]
Career edit
MacGillivray worked in a surgical post in Falkirk, then served on as a naval surgeon for two years in the Far East.[4][3] In 1948, the University of Glasgow awarded him a research scholarship.[3] He became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1949, with his fellowship awarded in 1959.[3] In 1960 he gave the Blair Bell Memorial Lecture at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[5] He gained an MD with commendation from the University of Glasgow in 1953.[3]
In June 1955 he was appointed Lecturer in Midwifery at University of Aberdeen.[3] He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1976-1979.[1] In November 1960, MacGillivray was appointed to a newly created Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital Medical School.[3] He took up the Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen in 1965, succeeding Dugald Baird and held this until 1 October 1984.[6][7][8] In 1976, he was appointed as president of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy.[1] He was president of the International Society for Twin Studies from 1980 to 1983.[7]
Later life edit
Awards and honours edit
The MacGillivray Academic Centre, based within the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital opened on 16 November 1999.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Ferguson, Chris (5 July 2021). "Professor Ian MacGillivray, who had centre at Aberdeen University named after him, dies aged 100". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Macgillivray, Prof. Ian. www.ukwhoswho.com. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U25661. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obstetrics Chair at Aberdeen: Successor to Sir Dugald Baird". Glasgow Herald. 6 February 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Medical News". British Medical Journal. 2 (5213): 1681. 3 December 1960. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5213.1681. S2CID 26843649.
- ^ "Medical News" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 2 (5207): 1150. 22 October 1960. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5207.1248. S2CID 220202888.
- ^ "News and Notes" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 1 (5432): 462. 13 February 1965. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5432.460.
- ^ a b Bryan, Elizabeth (1 June 2001). "A Tribute to Ian MacGillivray MD, FRCOG, FRCP". Twin Research. 4 (3). Cambridge University Press: 127. doi:10.1375/twin.4.3.127. S2CID 196392990.
- ^ "Scottish Courts" (PDF). The London Gazette. 1 February 1985. p. 1458. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Death Notices & Obituaries > Ian Mac Gillivray". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Academic Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Research: MacGillivray Academic Centre". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 5 July 2021.