Stanley Albert Seligman was a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was born in West Ham, Newham, London on 29 July 1927, the son of Isaac Seligman and Sarah Seligman née Goldberg. He was educated at Ilford County High School and went on to study medicine at University College, London. He qualified in 1950. At University College Hospital, he was particularly inspired by Max Rosenheim and William Charles Wallace Nixon. He gained his FRCS in 1955 and went on to train as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1971. He wrote over 50 publications, mainly in the fields of pre-eclampsia, infection in obstetrics and gynaecology, and medical history. In 1963, he married Margaret Embleton, a health visitor. They had a daughter, Ann. Stanley Albert Seligman died on 28 September 2015. He was 88.