John Preston Maxwell
Missionary, Deceased Person
1871 – 1961
Who was John Preston Maxwell?
John Preston Maxwell, son of James Laidlaw Maxwell, was a Presbyterian obstetric missionary to China.
John Preston Maxwell was born on 5 December 1871 in Birmingham, where his father Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell, practised medicine. He attended University College School and University College London, before taking his clinical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, from which he emerged with a gold medal in obstetrics and went on to work as a resident at St Bartholomew's. Then, following his devout Presbyterian faith, Maxwell became a Medical missionary for the English Presbyterian Church and, in about 1898, went to Fujian in China, where he spent the majority of his professional life. He worked at Yungchun Hospital, Fujian, from 1899 to 1919, and Changpoo, Amoy.
He specialised in obstetrics and was a leading authority on foetal osteomalacia. He became a Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Union Medical College in Beijing, President of the Chinese Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and worked as secretary to the medical committee of the Lord Mayor's Fund for the Relief of Distress in China.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1871
Birmingham - Parents
- Profession
- Education
- University College London
- University College School
- Died
- Jul 25, 1961
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on July 23, 2013
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