Background
BRIGGS, Henry was born in Pilkington. Son of James Briggs.
BRIGGS, Henry was born in Pilkington. Son of James Briggs.
Studied at private schools. Manchester Grammar School. Owens College, Manchester.
University of Edinburgh. As a student, senior medallist in anatomy with Sir William Turner, medallist and first prizeman in clinical surgery under Lord Lister. Bachelor of Medicine (Edinburgh).
Afterwards Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Liverpool Medical School. Senior Resident Medical Officer, Surgical Tutor, and Anaesthetist at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, and Assistant Lecturer in Surgery, University College, Liverpool. Subsequently his career was devoted to the branch of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Was President of the North of England Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society. Vice-President of the Liverpool Medical Institution. Vice - President Obstetrical section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool. Surgeon to the Hospital for Women, Liverpool. Honourable Medical Officer to the Maternity Hospital, Liverpool.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England). Club : University, Liverpool.