University of Edinburgh

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Family and Intimate relationships Mary Agnes Hamilton
MAH 's father, Robert Adamson , educated at Edinburgh University , became Professor of Logic and Metaphysics successively at Owens College (later merged in Manchester University), and the Universities of Aberdeen and then Glasgow ...
Family and Intimate relationships Shena Mackay
Her parents had met and fallen in love as students at Edinburgh University .
Family and Intimate relationships Henrietta Camilla Jenkin
Fleeming (pronounced Fleming) Jenkin had great abilities that were evident from an early age. His biographer, Robert Louis Stevenson , rates his mother's influence over him very high, and admires though he cannot wholly approve...
Leisure and Society Isabella Bird
At Edinburgh IB became involved with a community of young intellectuals whom she met through John Stuart Blackie , Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh , and his wife Eliza (sometimes called Ella)...
Material Conditions of Writing Anne Stevenson
She dedicated it to her grandson Paul and his parents; the last poem in the book conjures up little Paul dancing for, and stamping on, the sea.
Stevenson, Anne. The Other House. Oxford University Press, 1990.
v, 52
The book has an epigraph from...
Material Conditions of Writing Sophia Jex-Blake
While still a student at Edinburgh , SJB published, and dedicated to her American mentor Dr Lucy SewallMedical Women: Two Essays: i.e. Medicine as a Profession for Women (a revised version of her...
Occupation William Edmonstoune Aytoun
He started his professional life in law but devoted most of his time to writing poetry and stories. Much of his writing deals with Scottish subjects, and among his best-remembered poems are parodies of his...
Occupation John Brown
He received his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1833 and later established a successful medical practice in that city. He was also a noted essayist, writing on the medical profession, poetry, and art...
Occupation Thomas Carlyle
In 1814, TC left the University of Edinburgh and started teaching, taking up a position at Annan Academy . He returned to Edinburgh in 1819 to pursue his literary aspirations. While there, he also worked...
Occupation Thomas Carlyle
In 1866, TC was appointed the Rector of Edinburgh University .
Occupation Liz Lochhead
LL 's several positions as Writer-in-Residence have included Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee (1980), the Tattenhall Centre , near Chester (1982-84), Edinburgh University (1985-87), and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988-89, on...
politics Sophia Jex-Blake
Seeking justice for the riot against female medical students at Edinburgh on 18 November 1870, SJB addressed the Infirmary Board at the Annual Meeting of Contributors.
Roberts, Shirley. Sophia Jex-Blake. Routledge, 1993.
105-6
politics Sophia Jex-Blake
SJB was found guilty of slander against Edinburgh University in her speech to the Royal Infirmary board on 2 January 1871 when she claimed that the riot over female medical students was instigated by faculty...
politics Anna Swanwick
The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore...
Reception Muriel Spark
Three more Scottish universities followed Strathclyde's lead: MS received Honorary DLitts from Edinburgh University in 1989, Aberdeen in 1995, and St Andrews in 1998. In 1995, she received a DUniv from Heriot-Watt University , where...

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January 1874: Following the controversy surrounding female...

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January 1874

Following the controversy surrounding female medical students, Edinburgh University announced that it would no longer teach women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
124

1884: Alexander Grant's history of Edinburgh University...

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1884

Alexander Grant 's history of Edinburgh University revealed that admission of female medical students had been considered solely because of low enrolment in the Faculty in 1869-1870.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
102

October 1894: The University of Edinburgh opened medical...

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October 1894

The University of Edinburgh opened medical degrees to women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
199

29 September 1904: Gertrude von Petzold, a German Unitarian,...

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29 September 1904

Gertrude von Petzold , a German Unitarian , became the first woman to act as a minister in England since before the Victorian age.
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
506
Gilley, Keith. “The ministry of women”. The Guardian, 25 Sept. 2004, p. 29.
29

May 1916: Under the leadership of Christobel Ellis,...

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May 1916

Under the leadership of Christobel Ellis , 20 women began driving army vehicles for the War Office under the auspices of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps .
McLaren, Barbara. Women of the War. Hodder and Stoughton, 1917.
136, 137

1948: Edinburgh University Press was founded, at...

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1948

Edinburgh University Press was founded, at the urging of University of Edinburgh professors William Calder and Sydney Newman .
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
108

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