Angela Russell

Angela Russell (15 November 1893 – 2 March 1991) was an Irish physician and social reformer.

Early life and family Angela Russell was born Angela Gertrude Coyne in Tralee, County Kerry on 15 November 1893. Her parents were James Aloysius, an inspector of national schools, and Kathleen Mary Coyne (née Pitt). She was the seventh of nine children, with three sisters and six brothers. She attended the Ursuline convent, Waterford, and Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin. She entered University College Dublin in 1915 to study medicine. In 1921 she graduated with MB, BCh, BAO, going on to complete the Diploma in Public Health (DPH) in 1928. Russell died on 2 March 1991, in her home in Rathgar, Dublin.