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Frances Melville

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The source records Merchiston as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

Frances Melville
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What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Scottish academic & suffragist

From Wikidata Q18810717

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Merchiston
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