Frances Melville

Dublin Core

Title

Frances Melville

Subject

Natural Philosophy

Description

Frances Melville was a promoter of higher education for women in Scotland and suffragist, born on October 11th, 1873. She became one of the first women to matriculate at the University of Edinburgh in 1892, after the Universities (Scotland) Act of 1889 was passed, permitting women to matriculate and graduate from the Scottish universities. Melville graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1897 with a first-class Master of Arts in Philosophy.

In 1899, Melville moved to St Andrews to become the second warden of University Hall, succeeding Louisa Lumsden. During her time at St Andrews, she obtained a degree in the Bachelor of Divinity, which was awarded to her in 1910.

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Source

pioneeringwomenwalkingtourmap

Date

1873

Contributor

amm60

Type

Site

Identifier

376

Spatial Coverage

current,56.33795937626761,-2.8108456136760656;

Europeana

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

323

End Date

1935

Pin

PIN9

Citation

“Frances Melville,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 23, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/676.