page_title: Peter Chamberlen the younger
section_title: Peter the Third
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Chamberlen the younger / Peter the Third
caption_attribution_description: Peter Chamberlen. Line engraving by T. Trotter, 1794, after R. White. Iconographic Collections Keywords: chamberlen, peter, 1601-1683; engravings; Peter Chamberlen; portrait prints; Thomas Trotter; Robert White
context_page_description: Peter Chamberlen was the younger of two brothers with the same forename, the sons of Guillaume Chamberlen, a Huguenot surgeon who fled from Paris to England in 1569.
  The Chamberlens are famous for inventing the modern use of obstetrical forceps. It remained a family secret for nearly two centuries and through four generations of accoucheur. The scanty evidence for the early use of the forceps only suggests, however, that Peter Chamberlen the third, in the next generation, may have had it.
context_section_description: Born in 1601, he was the eldest son of Peter the younger, and became a physician. He died in 1683.
caption: P. Chamberlen. Line engraving by T. Trotter, 1794 (incorrect name Paul)
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