Stevenson, Anne. The Other House. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Shena Mackay | Her parents had met and fallen in love as students at Edinburgh University
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin | Fleeming (pronounced Fleming) Jenkin had great abilities that were evident from an early age. His biographer, Robert Louis Stevenson
, rates his mother's influence over him very high, and admires though he cannot wholly approve... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Stewart | While she was successfully pursuing her writing, he was building up the University of Edinburgh
's Earth Science department, tripling its size. Among his many accomplishments and honours, he was elected a Fellow of the... |
| Leisure and Society | Isabella Bird | At Edinburgh IB
became involved with a community of young intellectuals whom she met through John Stuart Blackie
, Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh
, and his wife Eliza
(sometimes called Ella)... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Sophia Jex-Blake | While still a student at Edinburgh
, SJB
published, and dedicated to her American mentor Dr Lucy SewallMedical Women: Two Essays: i.e. Medicine as a Profession for Women (a revised version of her... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Anne Stevenson | She dedicated it to her grandson Paul and his parents; the last poem in the book conjures up little Paul dancing for, and stamping on, the sea. |
| Occupation | Thomas Carlyle | In 1814, TC
left the University of Edinburgh
and started teaching, taking up a position at Annan Academy
. He returned to Edinburgh in 1819 to pursue his literary aspirations. While there, he also worked... |
| Occupation | Thomas Carlyle | In 1866, TC
was appointed the Rector of Edinburgh University
. |
| Occupation | Liz Lochhead | LL
's several positions as Writer-in-Residence have included Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
in Dundee (1980), the Tattenhall Centre
, near Chester (1982-84), Edinburgh University
(1985-87), and the Royal Shakespeare Company
in 1988-89, on... |
| Occupation | William Edmonstoune Aytoun | He started his professional life in law but devoted most of his time to writing poetry and stories. Much of his writing deals with Scottish subjects, and among his best-remembered poems are parodies of his... |
| Occupation | John Brown | He received his medical degree from Edinburgh University
in 1833 and later established a successful medical practice in that city. He was also a noted essayist, writing on the medical profession, poetry, and art... |
| politics | Sophia Jex-Blake | SJB
was found guilty of slander against Edinburgh University in her speech to the Royal Infirmary board on 2 January 1871 when she claimed that the riot over female medical students was instigated by faculty... |
| politics | Anna Swanwick | The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore... |
| politics | Sophia Jex-Blake | |
| Reception | Mary Augusta Ward | In the very month of her death, MAW
received an honorary degree from Edinburgh University
. Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990. 419 |
Timeline
January 1874: Following the controversy surrounding female...
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January 1874
Following the controversy surrounding female medical students, Edinburgh University announced that it would no longer teach women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
124
1884: Alexander Grant's history of Edinburgh University...
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1884
Alexander Grant
's history of Edinburgh University revealed that admission of female medical students had been considered solely because of low enrolment in the Faculty in 1869-1870.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
102
October 1894: The University of Edinburgh opened medical...
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October 1894
The University of Edinburgh opened medical degrees to women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
199
29 September 1904: Gertrude von Petzold, a German Unitarian,...
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29 September 1904
Gertrude von Petzold
, a German Unitarian
, became the first woman to act as a minister in England since before the Victorian age.
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
506
Gilley, Keith. “The ministry of women”. The Guardian, 25 Sept. 2004, p. 29.
29
May 1916: Under the leadership of Christobel Ellis,...
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May 1916
Under the leadership of Christobel Ellis
, 20 women began driving army vehicles for the War Office
under the auspices of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
.
McLaren, Barbara. Women of the War. Hodder and Stoughton, 1917.
136, 137
1948: Edinburgh University Press was founded, at...
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1948
Edinburgh University Press
was founded, at the urging of University of Edinburgh
professors William Calder
and Sydney Newman
.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
108
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