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Elizabeth Casson

Welsh doctor · Doctors · Lived 1881 to 1954 · aged 73

Elizabeth Casson OBE was a British medical doctor and an occupational therapy pioneer. Initially training as a secretary, Casson began studying medicine at the University of Bristol when she was 32. She received her medical degree in 1926, becoming the first woman to receive one from the University of Bristol.

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Casson's grave and headstone at St Andrew's Church, Backwell

Awards

Member of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

She also attained the Gaskell prize from the Royal Medico-Psychological Association and a diploma in psychological medicine from the University of London.

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