Louise McIlroy
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Dame Louise McIlroy DBE, FRSP, FRCOG |
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Louise McIlroy
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Anne Louise McIlroy 11 November 1874 Lavin House, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Died | 8 February 1968 (aged 93) Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | MB,ChB (1898), MD (1900), DSc (1910), LLD (1935) University of Glasgow; LM (1901) Dublin; DSc (1934); Hon DSc (1931) Belfast |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist; First woman awarded Doctor of Medicine from the University of Glasgow; First woman medical professor in the United Kingdom |
| Awards | MRCP (1932), FRCP (1937), MRCOG, Honorary Fellow of the Liverpool Medical Institution |
| Honours | Croix de Guerre (1916); Médaille des Epidemies; Serbian Order of St. Sava; Serbian Red Cross Medal; Order of the British Empire (1920); Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1929)' |
Dame Anne Louise McIlroy, DBE (11 November 1874 – 8 February 1968), known as Louise McIlroy, was a distinguished and honoured Irish-born British physician, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. She was both the first woman to be awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree and to register as a research student at the University of Glasgow. She was also the first woman medical professor in the United Kingdom.
McIlroy was born on 11 November 1874 at Lavin House, County Antrim (present-day Northern Ireland). Her father, James, was a general practitioner at Ballycastle. In 1894 she matriculated at the University of Glasgow to study medicine and obtained her MB,ChB in 1898. In 1900 she received her MD with commendation. During her studies she won class prizes in both medicine and pathology.
Her postgraduate work took her throughout Europe where she further specialised in gynaecology and obstetrics, becoming a Licentiate of Midwifery in Ireland in 1901. Her first position was as a house surgeon at the Samaritan Hospital For Women in Glasgow in 1900, followed by Gynaecological Surgeon at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow from 1906-10. She continued her studies, gaining a D.Sc from the University of Glasgow in 1910. In 1911 she took up the position of First Assistant to Professor J. M. Munro Kerr, who held the Muirhead Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the university.
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