Jean Smellie
Dr Jean Smellie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 May 1927 Liverpool |
| Died | 14 September 2020 (aged 93) Winchester |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Paediatrician |
Dr Jean McIldowie Smellie DM FRCP HonFRCPCH (14 May 1927 – 14 September 2020)[1] was a British paediatrician.
Smellie studied medicine at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and then at University College Hospital.[2]
From 1952 to 1961, she underwent specialised training in paediatrics at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College Hospital and in Oxford.[2]
She held the position of Honorary Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer, at University College Hospital from 1970 to 1993, becoming Emeritus on retirement.[2] She was also Honorary Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist at Guy's Hospital and at Great Ormond Street; and from 1984-1992 was Honorary Senior Lecturer in Community Child Health, at Southampton University.[2]
She was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.[2]
Correspondence relating to one of her cases is in the special collections of University College London.[3]
Personal life[]
Smellie was married to Professor Colin Normand (1928–2011) and was known as Jean Normand in private life,[4] but she used her maiden name for professional purposes.
References[]
- ^ "Normand - Deaths Announcements". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Doris Zallen; Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-099-1. Wikidata Q29581687.
- ^ "Smellie, Jean M". Wellcome Library. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Normand - Deaths Announcements". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
External links[]
- Jean Smellie on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- "Jean Smellie, paediatrician whose work on kidney infections prevented needless surgery – obituary", The Telegraph, London, 7 October 2020
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