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Sheila Sherlock

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Sheila Sherlock was born in County Dublin, Ireland, on 31 March 1918. She became the major twentieth-century contributor to hepatology, the study of the liver. English medical schools rejected her before the University of Edinburgh accepted her in 1936.

Why this person is known: British physician, hepatologist and educator

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Dublin

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