Margaret McKellar
Margaret McKellar (23 October 1861 – 24 August 1941) was a Canadian medical missionary. She was the first medical missionary at Neemuch, India, where she founded a hospital. She was also the founder of Knox Church Missionary Society in Calgary.[1] She was decorated by King George V for her work in India.[2]
Early years and education
[edit]Margaret McKellar was born on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, 23 October 1861. She was the daughter Captain Peter McKellar of Port Elgin, Ontario. She came to Canada in early childhood.[3]
McKellar was educated in public schools, and Ingersoll High School. She received her M.D. from Queen's University in 1890. She furthered her education at Woman's Medical College (now Women's College Hospital), and with post-graduate studies in Edinburgh and London.[3]
Career
[edit]McKellar became a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, in 1890, and in that year, went to Central India as a medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, locating as the first medical missionary at Neemuch, where she founded a hospital which was of great benefit to that region. She took an active part in the famine relief work at that place.
McKellar was a frequent contributor to missionary and secular press on missionary and other Indian topics. On a home visit in 1898, she addressed the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at Montreal. She was the author of A Trip Into Kashmir, 1907.[3]
She retired in 1930.[4]
Selected works
[edit]- A Trip Into Kashmir, 1907
References
[edit]- ^ "Founder of Knox Church Missionary Society Visits City". Newspapers.com. Calgary: Calgary Herald. 8 April 1921. p. 20. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Dr. McKellar's Talk". Newspapers.com. Vancouver: Vancouver Daily World. 23 April 1921. p. 17. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Leonard 1914, p. 524.
- ^ "McKellar, Margaret - Dr. Margaret McKellar". Archived from the original on 10 January 2021.
Attribution
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada (Public domain ed.). American Commonwealth Company.
- 1861 births
- 19th-century Scottish medical doctors
- 19th-century Canadian physicians
- 20th-century Canadian physicians
- 19th-century Canadian writers
- 19th-century Canadian women writers
- 20th-century Canadian writers
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- People from the Isle of Mull
- Canadian Presbyterian missionaries
- Presbyterian missionaries in India
- People from Neemuch
- Scottish women medical doctors
- 19th-century Canadian women physicians
- 20th-century Canadian women physicians