claim: A near-Earth object is a small star.
evidence: Dr. Ann Elizabeth Clark -LRB- 1844-1925 -RRB- was among the earliest female medical students at Edinburgh University .. She is noted to have been affiliated with the group recognised as the Edinburgh Seven , which included Dr. Sophia L. Jex-Blake , Isabel Thorne , Edith Pechey , Matilda Chaplin , Helen Evans and later Mary Anderson and Emily Bovell .. Edinburgh Seven. Edinburgh Seven. Dr. Sophia L. Jex-Blake. Sophia Jex-Blake. Isabel Thorne. Isabel Thorne. Edith Pechey. Edith Pechey. Matilda Chaplin. Matilda Chaplin. Helen Evans. Helen Evans. Mary Anderson. Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall. Emily Bovell. Emily Bovell. Clark was fifth of the twelve children of James and Eleanor Clark of Street , Somerset .. She travelled to the University of Bern with Jex-Blake and Pechey to study medicine .. University of Bern. University of Bern. Her graduation thesis was titled The Ankle Joint in Man .. She was licensed in medicine and midwifery by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland on 27 May 1878 .. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Committed to a career in medicine , Clark settled in Birmingham dedicating time to clinical work .. She worked in the fields of gynaecology and anaesthesiology and became the assistant to Lawson Tait .. Lawson Tait. Lawson Tait. She was entrusted with the care of Dr. Jex-Blake in her later years , travelling from Birmingham to administer a treatment of anaesthetic .