Emily Bovell

Emily Bovell
Born(1841-02-21)21 February 1841
London, England
DiedApril 1885 (aged 43–44)
Nice, France
EducationQueen's College, London
University of Edinburgh
OccupationPhysician
Known formember of the Edinburgh Seven
Officier des Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1880)
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Emily Bovell (21 February 1841–April 1885) was a physician and credited as one of the original members of the Edinburgh Seven.[1] After qualification she worked at the New Hospital for Women in Marylebone Road, London and in Paris.[2] The French government award her the Officier des Ordre des Palmes Académiques for services to medicine. Her husband was the neurologist William Allen Sturge.

  1. ^ "Obituary - Emily Bovell Sturge". British Medical Journal. 1: 1131. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1274.1131-c. S2CID 220009989.
  2. ^ "Dickens's Dictionary of London". Dictionary of Victorian London. Retrieved 16 February 2015.