born June 9, 1836, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Eng.
died Dec. 17, 1917, Aldeburgh
British physician.
Denied admission to medical schools, she studied privately with physicians and in London hospitals and was the first woman licensed as a physician in Britain (1865). Appointed general medical attendant to St. Mary's Dispensary (1866), later the New Hospital for Women, she created a medical school for women, and in 1918 the hospital was named for her.