Early Years
James Blundell was born in London. His father's name was Major Blundell and mother was Sarah Ann Haighton. Major owned a company called Major Blundell and Co. Haberdashers and Drapers in London.
James began his education under Rev. Thomas Thomason, and his uncle, the physiologist John Haighton. He developed an interest in the medical field, and studied at Guy's Hospital in London. Like his uncle, who had developed several instruments still used today for the delivery of babies, James specialised in the field of obstetrics. Later he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with his MD in 1813. A year later He began his career in London by lecturing on midwifery and physiology, and by 1818 he succeeded his uncle and became the lecturer on both subjects at Guy's Hospital where his classes on obstetricy and the diseases of women were reported to be the largest in London.
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