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Mary Adamson Marshall (née Anderson; 1837–1910) was a physician and a member of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

Early life and education

Mary Adamson Anderson was born on 17 January 1837, in Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland. Her father was Rev. Alexander Govie Anderson, and her mother was Mary Gavin (née Mann).

Marshall began her medical training at the University of Edinburgh, and is considered one of the Edinburgh Seven alongside Emily Bovell, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans, Sophia Jex-Blake, Edith Pechey and Isabel Thorne. When in 1872 the University of Edinburgh decided that women medical students would not be awarded a degree, Anderson continued her studies in Paris.

In 1879, she received her medical doctorate from the Faculté de médecine de Paris, where she wrote her thesis on mitral stenosis and its higher frequency in women than in men ("Du rétrécissement mitral : sa fréquence plus grande chez la femme que chez l'homme.").

Career

Marshall was a senior physician at the New Hospital for Women, Marylebone.

Personal life

Marshall's husband was Claud Marshall. In 1910, Marshall died.

Awards and honours

The Edinburgh Seven were awarded the posthumous honorary MBChB at the University of Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall on Saturday 6 July 2019. The degrees were collected on their behalf by a group of current students at Edinburgh Medical School. The graduation was the first of a series of events planned by the University of Edinburgh to commemorate the achievements and significance of the Edinburgh Seven.

References

1. ^ Elston, M. A. (2004). "Edinburgh Seven". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61148. Retrieved 17 February 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Moulinier, Pierre. "MARSHALL ANDERSON (Mary Adamson)". BIU Santé. Retrieved 18 February 2015.(in French)
3. Reynolds, Siân (2007). Paris-Edinburgh: Cultural Connections in the Belle Epoque. Ashgate. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7546-3464-5.
4. "Bibliothèque numérique Medic@". BIU Santé. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
5. "The Lancet" (PDF). 31 December 1910.
6. Orr, Brian (2013). Bones of Empire. Lulu.com. p. 390. ISBN 9781291434828. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
7. Drysdale, Neil (5 July 2019). "UK's first female students posthumously awarded their medical degrees in Edinburgh". Press and Journal. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

• 1837 births
• 1910 deaths
• 19th-century Scottish medical doctors
• 19th-century Scottish women medical doctors
• Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
• People from Boyndie