Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
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Matilda Charlotte Ayrton was an English physician.
Matriculation Record, Matilda Chaplin. University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections
Child Life in Japan
Child life in Japan
Edinburgh Seven
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The Edinburgh Seven were the first group of matriculated undergraduate female students at any British university. They began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1869 and, although the
Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
…was an English physician. She studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris, pursuing higher studies at the latter's universities, and is one of the Edinburgh Seven, the first seven matriculated undergraduate female students at a British university. She travelled to Japan, where she opened a school for midwives…
Sophia Jex-Blake, leader of the Edinburgh Seven
Matriculation Signatures: Sophia Jex-Blake, Mary Pechey, Helen Evans, Matilda Chaplin
Historic Scotland commemorative plaque to the Edinburgh Seven and the Surgeons' Hall riot
Old College, University of Edinburgh