Annie Clark (physician)

Dr Ann Elizabeth Clark (1844–1925) was among the first female medical students at the University of Edinburgh[citation needed].

[1] She was affiliated with the group recognised as the Edinburgh Seven[citation needed], which included Dr Sophia L. Jex-Blake,[2] Isabel Thorne, Edith Pechey, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans and later Mary Anderson and Emily Bovell.

[3] She travelled to the University of Bern with Jex-Blake and Pechey to study medicine.

[6] Committed to a career in medicine, Clark settled in Birmingham dedicating time to clinical work.

[8][9][10] She was entrusted with the care of Dr Jex-Blake in her later years, travelling from Birmingham to administer a treatment of anaesthetic.