Agnes Yewande Savage

Agnes Yewande Savage
Born21 February 1906
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died7 September 1964(1964-09-07) (aged 58)
Hemel Hempstead, England
Nationality
Alma mater
OccupationPhysician
Known for
Parents
RelativesRichard Gabriel Akinwande Savage (brother)

Agnes Yewande Savage (21 February 1906 – 7 September 1964)[1] was a Nigerian medical doctor and the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine.[2][3][4][5][6] Savage was the first West African woman to receive a university degree in medicine, graduating with first-class honours from the University of Edinburgh in 1929 at the age of 23.[2][4] In 1933, Sierra Leonean political activist and higher education pioneer, Edna Elliott-Horton became the second West African woman university graduate and the first to earn a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts.[7]

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  3. ^ "CAS Students to Lead Seminar on University's African Alumni, Pt. IV: Agnes Yewande Savage". CAS from the Edge. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Tetty, Charles (1985). "Medical Practitioners of African Descent in Colonial Ghana". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 18 (1): 139–144. doi:10.2307/217977. JSTOR 217977. PMID 11617203.
  5. ^ "Agnes Yewande Savage (1906 – 1964)". The University of Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. ^ Ferry, Georgina (November 2018). "Agnes Yewande Savage, Susan Ofori-Atta, and Matilda Clerk: three pioneering doctors". The Lancet. 392 (10161): 2258–2259. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32827-7. ISSN 0140-6736. S2CID 53713242.
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