Elizabeth Garrett (1836–1871)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1871–1917)
1836–1917
Physician. Daughter of Newson Garrett of Aldeburgh and his wife Louisa Dunnell; married James George Skelton Anderson in 1871. One of the first women to practise medicine in Britain. Obtained a medical licence from the Society of Apothecaries in 1865. MD, Paris, 1870. Set up in practice in London, and established the St Mary’s Dispensary for Women and Children in 1866. Opened the New Hospital for Women (later the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital) in 1871. Taught at and sat on the council of the London School of Medicine for Women from 1874; dean, 1883–1902.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
