Dame Mary Ann Dacomb Scharlieb, DBE (née Bird; 18 June 1845 – November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician and gynaecologist in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. She had worked in India and by her persistence she returned to the UK to become a qualified doctor. She returned to Madras and eventually lectured in London. She was the first woman to be elected to the honorary visiting staff of a hospital in the UK.
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18 June 1845
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Died |
1 November 1930 (aged 85)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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