John Inglis (civil servant), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Inglis (civil servant)
- John Forbes David Inglis (5 August 1820 – 13 March 1894) was an East India Company civil servant, who became Chief Commissioner of Oude in North India.
- His disagreement with Lord Lytton's Afghan policy lead to his being passed over for an expected promotion to be Governor of North West Province.
- He took early retirement and on his return to Edinburgh, he founded jointly with his daughter Elsie Inglis, the Scottish Association for the Medical Education of Women.
- This association established the Edinburgh Medical College for Women at a time when women were not accepted into British university medical schools.
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