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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1836-1919 was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practitioner and surgeon. Founder of the first hospital for and staffed by women
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Guildhall University, Commercial Road, E1, London, United Kingdom

This plaque marks the site where Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born.