Priscilla Nzimiro
Priscilla Nzimiro | |
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| Born | Ada Priscilla Nzimiro 30 April 1923 |
| Died | 22 March 1951 (aged 27) Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | First woman doctor to work in the Igbo region of Nigeria |
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Ada Priscilla Nzimiro // ⓘ (30 April 1923 – 22 March 1951) was a trained medical doctor with family roots in Oguta, present-day Imo State. She attended the University of Glasgow and earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) in 1950. She was the first woman from Igboland to graduate as a medical doctor. Nzimiro is said to have died an unnatural death a year after she graduated.