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.
Rita married Lyaee Keith Hutchison, a chartered accountant, in Glasgow on 4 May 1923, and it is known that they had at least one daughter. She is still present on the General Council register in 1989 , listed as living in Bristol, but is not in 1994, so she died sometime between these years.
From the guide to the Papers of Marguerite Linck Hutchison, née Sclanders, 1897-c1989, medical student, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1915-1919, (Glasgow University Archive Services)
