Emily Bovell | |
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Born | London, England | 21 February 1841
Died | April 1885 (aged 43–44) Nice, France |
Education | Queen's College, London University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Physician |
Known for | member 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.