Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matilda Chaplin Ayrton

English midwife and physician

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1846

Place of Birth: Honfleur, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1883

Profession: physician, midwife

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Matilda Charlotte Chaplin Ayrton (22 June 1846 – 19 July 1883) was an English physician.
She studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris, pursuing higher studies at the latter's universities, and is one of the Edinburgh Seven, the first seven matriculated undergraduate female students at a British university.
She travelled to Japan, where she opened a school for midwives, and was an author of anthropological studies.