Hutchison Marguerite Linck 1897-c1989 medical student, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Marguerite (Rita) Linck Hutchison (née Sclanders), the daughter of Robert Sclanders, a provision merchant, was born in Glasgow in 1897 . She was a student at the University of Glasgow from 1915-1919 . During her time at university she studied Zoology, Botany, Physics and Chemistry (1915); Materia Medica (1917-1918); Surgery, Medicine and Clinical medicine (1918-1919). Rita graduated MB ChB in 1920 .

She also achieved a DPH (Diploma in Public Health) from RCPS Edinburgh and RFPS Glasgow in 1922. Rita worked as a lecturer of Clinical Medicine at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and then went on to work as the Medical Officer at the Family Planning Association, Glasgow.

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