Nancy Conn
Nancy K. Conn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Agnes Kirkland Conn[1] 27 Juin 1919 Baurhead, Scotland |
| Dee'd | 20 Mairch 2013 (aged 93) Bearsden, Scotland |
| Naitionality | Scottish |
| Eddication | High School of Dundee |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Kent for | Stainchin the 1970 Edinburgh typhoid outbreak |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bacteriology |
| Institutions | Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Greater Glasgow Health Board |
Nancy K. Conn wis a Scottish bacteriologist kent maistly fur her wark on keppin typhoid frae spreidin throu Edinburgh in the simmer o 1970.[2]
Life
[eedit | eedit soorce]Nancy Conn wis born Agnes Kirkland Conn on the 27th June 1919 in Baurhead, Scotland tae James Charles Conn an Margaret Aitken.[3][4] Her faither wis a Church o Scotland minister, that wis translate tae Broughty Ferry in 1926, sae Nancy gaed tae High School of Dundee. She gaed tae the Varsity o St Andras an got an MA in Modren History an English in 1940[5], an graduate M.B.,Ch.B frae the Bute Medical School i 1945[6].
She wirkit at the Central Microbiological Laboratories at Edinburgh's Wastren General Hospital until December 1972. Eftir, she wis a consultant an the Depute Director o the Westren Regional Hospital Board in Glesgae[7]. She retired i 1979. She wis ae Soroptimist an ae member o the National Trust for Scotland[8]. She dee'd in her sleep aged 93 on 20th March 2013[9].
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Sears, Charles (2013). "Agnes Kirkland Conn". BMJ. 347: 28. doi:10.1136/bmj.f7263.
- ↑ Smith, Joe. "The incredible story of Dr Nancy Conn, who saved '70s Edinburgh from typhoid using sanitary pads". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ Scott, Hew (1950). Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. Vol. VIII. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 486.
- ↑ Scott, Hew (1920). Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Vol. III. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 131.
- ↑ "Dundee Courier". British Newspaper Archive. 26 Juin 1940. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Dundee Courier". British Newspaper Archive. 22 Juin 1945. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ Report of the Medical Officer of Health. City of Glasgow. 1970-1980?. Retrieved 26 August 2020. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Sears, Charles (2013). "Agnes Kirkland Conn". BMJ. 347: 28. doi:10.1136/bmj.f7263.
- ↑ "Dr Agnes (Nancy) Conn Obituary". Edinburgh Evening News Notices. Retrieved 27 August 2020.[deid airtin]
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