Isabella Pringle

Isabella "Ella" Ferrier Pringle FRCPE (1 December 1876 – 27 May 1963) was the second woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE), in 1929. She practised as a medical missionary in Manchuria before a pioneering career in child health. In official documents she is referred to as Dr I. F. Pringle.

Biography Isabella Pringle was born on 1 December 1876 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of Andrew Pringle and his wife, Isabella Barbour.

She worked as a typist until the age of 29, and then entered the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. She received her MBChB in 1909. She worked as a United Free Church of Scotland medical missionary in Manchuria until ill-health forced her to return to Scotland in 1916. She is buried with her parents in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. The grave is marked by a simple stone and lies near the war memorial in the north-east section of the cemetery.