British Women Physicians
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Birthdate: July 25, 1920
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Notting Hill, London, England
Died: April 16, 1958
Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin is remembered for her pathbreaking X-ray diffraction studies of DNA, which helped in the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins later. She also worked on the molecular structures of viruses.
Birthdate: June 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Died: July 14, 2005
A pioneer of the hospice movement, English nurse and social worker Cicely Saunders not only developed the palliative care approach but also established the St. Christopher’s Hospice in London. A supporter of medical ethics, she was against voluntary euthanasia. She won numerous awards, such as the Templeton Prize.
Birthdate: June 9, 1836
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whitechapel
Died: December 17, 1917
The first female doctor and surgeon of Britain, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was initially denied admission to medical schools because of her gender and had thus started studying privately. Soon after joining the Marylebone Dispensary as an attendant, she contributed to the formation of the New Hospital for Women.
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Birthdate: November 1, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Warrington
Birthdate: January 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hastings, Sussex, England
Died: January 7, 1912
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake was an English teacher, physician, and feminist. A pioneer of medical education for women, Jex-Blake was the first woman to practise medicine in Scotland. She was also involved in the establishment of two medical schools for women in Edinburgh and London at a time when no medical schools were training women.
Birthdate: December 26, 1939
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leicestershire, England
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Sun Sign: Libra
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Birthdate: November 19, 1937
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthdate: March 8, 1960
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sussex, England
Birthdate: April 19, 1901
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: February 4, 1980
Birthdate: February 3, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lincolnshire
Died: July 17, 1967
Birthdate: November 11, 1916
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 17, 2004
Birthdate: August 31, 1842
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 10, 1906
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi was an American teacher, medical physician, scientist, suffragist, and writer. The first female student to study medicine at Sorbonne, Jacobi is best remembered for campaigning for women's rights to medical education throughout her life. Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi provided scientific evidence against the popular belief that menstruation made women ill-suited to education.
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Elizabeth Gardner(Former Physicist best known for her groundbreaking work on a phase transition known as the Gardner transition and on disordered networks)
Birthdate: August 25, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Died: June 18, 1988
Throughout history, there have been many British women physicians who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great British female physicians such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Cicely Saunders, Janet Lane-Claypon, Carol M. Black, Philippa Perry.
