Sir Richard Manningham was a man-midwife and physician. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1719 and a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in the same year. He wrote a treatise on midwifery and taught courses on the subject for 20 guineas.
Reference:
Philip Rhodes, ‘Manningham, Sir Richard (bap. 1685, d. 1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17982 [accessed 17 July 2013]).
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