Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Towers (died 24 July 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 Towers requested to lecture on obstetrics at the University of Glasgow, and he was appointed the first Professor of Midwifery in 1815.Towers married Helen McLehose, later called Helen Hozier, at Glasgow in 1790.. }
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- James_Towers_(obstetrician) comment "James Towers (died 24 July 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 Towers requested to lecture on obstetrics at the University of Glasgow, and he was appointed the first Professor of Midwifery in 1815.Towers married Helen McLehose, later called Helen Hozier, at Glasgow in 1790.".