John Whitridge Williams


John Whitridge Williams was a pioneering obstetrician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Williams was also an acclaimed author, as he was able to contribute 137 publications regarding his findings.

Biography

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 26, 1866.
He received his A.B. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1886. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1888. He then studied bacteriology and pathology at universities in Berlin and Vienna. In 1889 he returned to Baltimore to be an assistant to Howard A. Kelly at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After serving under Dr. Howard Kelly, he was appointed as chief of Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He died on October 21, 1931 from complications following an abdominal surgery.

Legacy

J. Whitridge Williams was the author of the first five editions of the Williams Obstetrics textbook.