Inglis, Elsie |
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BORN 16 Aug 1864, Naina Tal, Uttarakhand - DIED 26 Nov 1917, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear BIRTH NAME Inglis, Elsie Maud CAUSE OF DEATH cancer GRAVE LOCATION Edinburgh: Dean Cemetery, Dean Path (north section, on a corner north of the central path) |
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elsie Inglis was born in India. Her father David Inglis (1820-1894) was a magistrate. Her parents stimulated a good education and after her mother's death she stayed with her father in Edinburgh. In 1887 Sophia Jex-Blake started the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women and Elsie started her studies there. But when Jex-Blake removed two students for what Elsie considered to be a trivial event, she started a rival medical school, the Scottish Association for the Medical Education for Women, with the help of her father. She completed her studies at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and afterwards worked at the New Hospital for Women that was opened in 1890 by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. In 1894 she returnd to Edinburgh and opened a practice together with her former fellow student Dr. Jessie MacGregor. In 1899 she was engaged as a lecturer in gynaecology at the Medical College for Women. She was also very active in the suffragette movement. During the First World War she arranged medical units that served in several countries. She visited the Balkan Front with Ishobel Ross in February 1917. In Russia she fell ill and she was transported home. She suffered from cancer and arrived in Newcastle on 25 November 1917. She died the following day and was buried at Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. |
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 The grave of Elsie Inglis at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh. Picture by Androom (05 Nov 2019) |
Sources • Elsie Inglis - Wikipedia |
