Edith Mary Brown

Dame Edith Mary Brown, DBE LRCP was an English doctor and medical educator. She founded the Christian Medical College Ludhiana, the first medical training facility for women in Asia, and served as principal of the college for half a century. Brown was a pioneer in the instruction of Indian female doctors and midwives with modern western methods.

Brown was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1864, the fourth of five sisters. Her father died when she was young, and the family moved to London, where her mother was born. She attended Croydon High School. Her older sister was a missionary, which led to Brown developing an interest in medicine and missionary work.

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