Lydia Manley Henry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lydia Manley Henry

British medical doctor

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1891

Place of Birth: Macduff, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1985

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lydia Manley Henry DSc (30 June 1891 – 27 March 1985) was the first female graduate in medicine from the University of Sheffield.
She served with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service during the First World War.
She was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government.
For her thesis on gangrene, based on her wartime experience, she was awarded the degree of MD, the first woman to graduate with this degree from the University of Sheffield.