Janet Mouat

Janet Ainslie Sheills Mouat M.B., B.S.
Born	23 January 1867 Haddington, East Lothian
Died	6 February 1951 (aged 84) Sidmouth
Education	Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women

Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women (Minto House)

Janet Mouat M.B., B.S (23 January 1867 - 6 February 1951) was a Scottish woman doctor before World War I. She qualified in Edinburgh in 1900, when it was difficult for women to complete training and register as a practising doctor. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Janet Ainslie Sheills Mouat was born in Haddington, Scotland, on 23 January 1867 to Alexander Mouat and Helen Ainslie Louden, the eldest of six children. She was educated at the Knox Academy, Haddington, winning the Hutchison gold medal for overall performance (1882-83), as well as prizes in English, French, German, Latin and Arithmetic ^[3] and then studied at the Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women in Minto House, Edinburgh. ^[4] Mouat was registered as a practicing doctor on 28 June 1900. ^[1]

Death

Mouat died in Sidmouth, Devon on 6 February 1951. ^[5]

References

1. Jeffery, Roger (2025), Women who qualified as medical doctors in the United Kingdom, Roger Jeffery, University of Edinburgh. School of Social and Political Science, doi:10.7488/DS/7909 , retrieved 2025-07-25
2. Bonner, Thomas Neville (1992). "To the ends of the earth: Women's search for education in medicine". Harvard University Press. Harvard University Press.
3. "Knox Academy Institute Prizes List Session 1882-1883". 27 July 1883.
4. Scotland, Selected Births and Baptisms 1564 -1950[en]. Edinburgh: Scotland's People.
5. Cope, Rachel; Harris, Amy; Hinckley, Jane (2021-11-11), Probate and Property: Franks Family Wills and Administrations, London: Routledge, pp. 327–358, ISBN   978-1-003-11307-2 , retrieved 2025-07-25