Person    | Female  Born 31/3/1918  Died 30/12/2001

Dame Sheila Sherlock

Categories: Medicine

Countries: Ireland

Born Dublin shortly before her parents moved to London. 1929 the family moved to Kent. With difficulty (due to her gender) she managed to gain a place to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where she excelled. A professor of medicine, she because a world world authority on the liver. Died in London.

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Dame Sheila Sherlock

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Sheila Sherlock

Dame Sheila Sherlock, MD, FRS, 1918 - 2001, world authority on the liver, pro...

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