Annie Warren Gill &

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(1862 – 2 March 1930) was a British nurse who served as president of the

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in 1927.

Life

Gill was born on the

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and trained as a nurse at the

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eventually being appointed as a head nurse (later retitled

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). She left the Infirmary in 1900 during the

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to serve as matron of the Edinburgh South-East of Scotland Hospital that had been relocated to

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. On completion of her assignment in South Africa she resumed her role at the Royal Infirmary for a time before being asked to return to the country as matron of a

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in the

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, for which she received the

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in October 1901. In June 1903 Gill was appointed to the position of matron of the

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before being elected in 1907 by the board of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as matron, a position she held until 1925. During the debate that led to the introduction of mandatory registration for nurses in the United Kingdom, Gill, as a member of the General Nursing Council for Scotland, campaigned for separate registration in Scotland. In the

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, Gill was awarded a

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to the Royal Red Cross in recognition of her service during

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. She was president of the Scottish Matrons Association from 1910 to 1925 and president of the College of Nursing in 1927. In June 1929 she was appointed Commander in the Civil Division of the

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. Gill died in

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on 2 March 1930.

Legacy

The Annie Warren Gill prize for Dietetics was created in her memory. In 2013 the Isle of Man College of Further & Higher Education named a building in her honour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Annie 1862 births 1930 deaths Manx people Presidents of the Royal College of Nursing British nurses Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Royal Red Cross Nurses of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh