Sir Fielding Ould (1710–29 November 1789) was an

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doctor and medical writer. Ould was the son of British Army Captain Abraham Ould (1689–1715) and a Miss Shawe of Galway, in which city he was born. He studied in

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and settled in Golden Lane,

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as a

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in 1736. He published an enormously influential treatise on

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in 1742, although it was criticized for a number of factual errors. An

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, he acquired a huge practice and was master of the

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(the Dublin lying-in hospital). After a lengthy battle, he was eventually granted his licence as a physician. In 1759 he was knighted for services to the medical profession. He died of apoplexy at his home on South Frederick Street and was buried at St. Ann's Churchyard,

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. He had at least two children, including William, who was

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of the Rotunda Hospital. Later descendants included the painter Sir Fielding Fielding-Ould, and the noted architect

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Bibliography

''A Treatise of Midwifry, in three parts''

, 1742

References

;Notes ;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ould, Fielding People from County Galway 1710 births 1789 deaths Irish obstetricians Medical doctors from Dublin (city) 18th-century Irish medical doctors