Wikidata list showing women writers (& subclasses) educated at the Edinburgh University
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academic edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne M. McKim | Scottish-New Zealand academic | academic | Glasgow | |
| Carmel Heah | Malaysian academic | academic university teacher |
Malaysia | |
| Catherine Zara Raymond | British academic | academic | ||
| Elizabeth Adamson | sociologist | academic sociologist |
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| Frances Melville |  |
Scottish academic & suffragist | academic suffragist |
Merchiston |
| Indira Miri | Indian educationist | academic educator |
Shillong | |
| Judith Squires | .jpg) |
Prof and Pro Vice Chancellor of Bristol Uni | academic | |
| Kathryn McPherson | brain injury researcher in New Zealand | academic | ||
| Magdalena Midgley | British archaeologist (1952-2014) | academic archaeologist |
Bydgoszcz | |
| Margaret Meek | Educationalist in the field of Literacy | academic | Leven | |
| Winifred W. Logan | British Nurse theorist (1931- ) | academic |
actor edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susy Kane |  |
actress | actor comedian screenwriter jazz musician film actor |
Dorking |
adjunct professor edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isobel Ruth Contento | adjunct full professor | adjunct professor researcher |
antiquarian edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Miller | British antiques expert | antiquarian television presenter lecturer writer |
Galashiels |
archaeologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Thoms | archaeologist | archaeologist editor university teacher |
architect edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Rendell | Emirati historian and writer | architect art historian art critic writer |
Emirate of Dubai | |
| Suad Amiry | .jpg) |
Palestinian author and architect | architect engineer writer |
Damascus |
archivist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella Rimington |  |
Director General of MI5; spy fiction writer | archivist writer intelligence officer autobiographer novelist librarian |
London |
aristocrat edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mako Komuro | .jpg) |
Japanese former princess; eldest child of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan | aristocrat researcher |
Chiyoda-ku |
art historian edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Barnes | art historian and museum curator | art historian curator university teacher writer |
artificial intelligence researcher edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Hastie | British AI scientist | artificial intelligence researcher roboticist university teacher |
biochemist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regina Kapeller-Adler | Austrian-British biochemist and pharmacologist (1900-1991) | biochemist pharmacologist academic |
Ivano-Frankivsk |
biologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Auerbach | Geneticist, author | biologist geneticist university teacher zoologist writer |
Krefeld | |
| Enid MacRobbie | British biologist and biophysicist | biologist university teacher researcher biophysicist |
Edinburgh | |
| Marion Isobel Newbigin | Scottish geographer, biologist and zoologist (1869-1934) | biologist marine biologist zoologist editor geographer |
Alnwick |
biomathematician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Blower | American biomathematician and evolutionary biologist | biomathematician evolutionary biologist researcher |
London |
blogger edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber McNaught |  |
blogger journalist |
children's writer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pua Hershlag | Israeli children's author and translator | children's writer writer translator poet |
Jerusalem |
classical scholar edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Whitby | Classicist; (born 1951) | classical scholar editor historian philologist Byzantinist |
United Kingdom |
columnist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pippa Middleton |  |
British socialite, author and columnist; sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales | columnist writer socialite |
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
comedian edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Bamford |  |
American actress | comedian screenwriter voice actor television actor film actor |
Port Hueneme |
composer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thea Musgrave | Scottish composer | composer professor |
Edinburgh |
computer scientist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettina Berendt | German computer scientist | computer scientist professor |
crime fiction writer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Kelly | Scottish writer of crime novels | crime fiction writer | London |
curator edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roisin Kennedy | Irish artist | curator art critic |
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| Yesomi Umolu | British museum curator | curator writer |
Lagos |
diplomat edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ling Shuhua |  |
Chinese writer (1900-1990) | diplomat writer painter |
Beijing |
ecologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Peay | researcher | ecologist researcher |
editor edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheuk Wong | translator | editor translator |
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| Elizabeth Scott, Countess of Dalkeith | wife of Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith | editor managing editor aristocrat |
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| Elizabeth Watson |  |
Scottish editor and scholar and supporter of the Scottish Gaelic language | editor scholar |
Lismore |
| Harriet B. Allan | British born New Zealand editor | editor |
encyclopedist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Martyn | British code breaker and encyclopedist | encyclopedist |
engineer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Lindsay | Scottish civil engineer, working in Albania | engineer translator |
People's Republic of China China |
epidemiologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Buckee |  |
Epidemiologist and Associate Professor | epidemiologist | |
| Emma B. Hodcroft | .jpg) |
Scottish-American epidemiologist | epidemiologist | Stavanger |
essayist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Changying | essayist | Liling |
evolutionary ecologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loeske Kruuk | British evolutionary ecologist | evolutionary ecologist professor |
film director edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Young | British film director | film director screenwriter film screenwriter |
London |
geneticist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Queiroz | Portuguese writer, geneticist | geneticist full professor |
Amadora |
governess edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Crawford | UK royal nanny (1909-1988) | governess biographer writer |
Dunfermline |
gynaecologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Glasier | professor; expert in reproductive medicine | gynaecologist physician researcher |
hepatologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila Sherlock | British physician, hepatologist and educator | hepatologist university teacher non-fiction writer |
Dublin |
historian edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Moore | Historian and writer | historian writer |
United States of America | |
| Mansoureh Ettehadieh | .jpg) |
Iranian historian and publisher | historian novelist translator |
Tehran |
horticulturist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Raven | British gardener (born 1963) | horticulturist television presenter cook writer florist businessperson |
Cambridge |
journalist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Miller |  |
English journalist, author, and social reformer | journalist editor |
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| Sue Innes | British journalist, writer, historian, researcher, teacher, artist and feminist campaigner | journalist writer historian researcher teacher artist |
Weymouth |
lepidopterist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Anne Ormerod | .jpg) |
British entomologist, editor (1828-1901) | lepidopterist botanist editor |
Sedbury |
linguist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eve Clark | American linguist | linguist academic university teacher |
Camberley | |
| Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano | linguist full professor |
Bilbao |
magician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Babe Ning |  |
Singaporean magician | magician writer |
Singapore |
mathematician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Popova Alderson | mathematician and translator | mathematician translator |
Baku |
media scholar edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Campbell | American scholar of digital religion | media scholar theologian university teacher |
model edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Amelia Windsor |  |
English fashion model; youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews | model philanthropist aristocrat fashion editor contributing editor |
Rosie Hospital |
neuroscientist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather C Whalley | Scottish neuroscientist | neuroscientist academic |
novelist edit
nurse edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Marie Rafferty |  |
British nurse, administrator, academic and researcher | nurse researcher historian |
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| Mary Renfrew | professor of midwifery | nurse midwife researcher |
pediatrician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neena Modi |  |
president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | pediatrician professor researcher |
physician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kesaveloo Goonam | South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist | physician activist autobiographer |
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| Sophia Jex-Blake |  |
British physician and suffragist | physician teacher writer journalist suffragist |
Hastings |
playwright edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Hickson | British writer | playwright writer theatrical director |
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| Sam Holcroft | British playwright | playwright writer |
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| Sharman Macdonald | Scottish playwright | playwright writer screenwriter actor |
Glasgow |
poet edit
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politician edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kezia Dugdale |  |
British politician (born 1981) | politician blogger |
Aberdeen |
professor edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanne Riis Nielson | computer scientist, Technical University of Denmark | professor | ||
| May-Britt Moser |  |
Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist | professor neuroscientist psychologist |
Fosnavåg |
psychologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Katharine Mitchell | British cryptanalyst and psychologist (1922-2020) | psychologist cryptanalyst researcher writer |
Oxford |
research scientist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheelagh Frame | British research scientist (born 1971) | research scientist | Ayr |
researcher edit
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roboticist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna Bryson |  |
Researcher; Professor of Ethics and Technology | roboticist university teacher international forum participant |
Milwaukee |
| Mary-Anne Williams | Australian roboticist | roboticist computer scientist |
Sydney |
scholar of English edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingrid von Rosenberg | German anglicist | scholar of English philologist translator |
Berlin |
scientist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Nowicki | Physical scientist | scientist researcher |
France |
screenwriter edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Bell | Scottish film director | screenwriter film director film producer |
Dumfries |
short story writer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Williamson | American-born Scottish folklorist | short story writer folklorist writer |
software developer edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalen Berns | software developer and feminist | software developer YouTuber activist boxer |
translator edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Najah al-Attar | Vice President of Syria | translator politician writer |
Damascus | |
| Nariman Youssef | Egyptian translator | translator writer |
veterinary epidemiologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Gates | veterinary epidemiologist | veterinary epidemiologist university teacher |
writer edit
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zoologist edit
| Article | image | description | occupation | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaa Ntiamoah Badu | Ghanaian zoologist and environmental specialist | zoologist academic |
Ghana |
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