Facts: - profession: physician - known for: first creating a medical school for women woman to gain a medical qualification in britain - caption: a john singer sargent portrait of garrett anderson circa 1900 , by - birth name: elizabeth garrett - work institutions: new women hospital for women london school of medicine for - death date: 17 december 1917 - relations: louisa -lrb- son -rrb- millicent garrett fawcett -lrb- sister -rrb- newson garrett garrett -lrb- father -rrb- anderson -lrb- daughter -rrb- alan garrett anderson - education: studied apothecaries privately with physicians in london hospitals society of - birth date: 9 june 1836 - name: elizabeth garrett anderson - image: elizabeth garrett anderson -lrb- 1900 portrait -rrb- . jpg - birth place: whitechapel , london , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elizabeth garrett anderson .
elizabeth garrett anderson , lsa , md -lrb- 9 june 1836 -- 17 december 1917 -rrb- , was an english physician and feminist , the first englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in britain , the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women , the first dean of a british medical school , the first female doctor of medicine in france , the first woman in britain to be elected to a school board and , as mayor of aldeburgh , the first female mayor and magistrate in britain .