John Braxton Hicks
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John Braxton Hicks (1823–August 28, 1897) was a 19th century English doctor who specialised in obstetrics. He was born in Rye, Sussex and attended Guy's Hospital Medical School from 1841.
Hicks was the first physician to describe the bipolar and other methods of the version of a fetus. In 1872, he described the uterine contractions not resulting in childbirth now known as Braxton Hicks.
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