who was the first british doctor
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Not to be confused with Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson or Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist. She was the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon.[1] She was the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in Britain.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (detail of painting).jpg
Detail from a portrait of Garrett Anderson circa 1900
Born
Elizabeth Garrett
9 June 1836
Whitechapel, Commercial Road, London, England
Died
17 December 1917 (aged 81)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Education
Studied privately with physicians in London hospitals
Society of Apothecaries
Known for
First woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain
Creating a medical school for women
Relatives
Louisa Garrett Anderson (daughter)
Alan Garrett Anderson (son)
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (sister)
Agnes Garrett (sister)
Newson Garrett (father)
Philippa Fawcett (niece)
Rhoda Garrett (cousin)
Medical career
Profession
Physician
Institutions
New Hospital for Women
London School of Medicine for Women