Ernest Maylard

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Alfred Ernest Maylard (1855–1947) was a Scottish surgeon known for abdominal surgery. Born in Northfleet, Kent, England, he was the eldest son of Alfred Martin Maylard, a London merchant, and Ellen Mira French Maylard. He studied medicine at the University of London (MB ChB) and became a demonstrator in anatomy at Glasgow University. When the Victoria Infirmary opened in Glasgow in 1890, he served as its principal surgeon alongside Robert Henry Parry. In 1907 he helped refine the Pfannenstiel incision, and the Maylard incision used in abdominal operations is named after him. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1917. Maylard died on 27 June 1947 near Peebles and is buried in Peebles Parish Churchyard. He was married to Jane Reddie and they had no children. He was also a co-founder of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889 and served as president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.