Lilian Mary Grandin
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| Born | 25 November 1876 St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Died | 5 December 1924 (aged 48) |
Cause of death | typhus |
| Other name | Lilian Mary Dingle |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women, 1914 |
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Lilian Mary Grandin (married name Dingle; 25 November 1876 – 5 December 1924) was a British–Jèrriais physician and Methodist medical missionary active in Zhaotong.[1] In 1904, Grandin became the first Jerseywoman to qualify as a physician.[1][2]
Biography
Lilian Mary Grandin was born on 25 November 1876 in St Helier, Jersey to Francis Philip Grandin, an iron merchant, and Anne Grandin (née Benest).[1][3]
Grandin was educated at Jersey Ladies' College.[2] At twenty years old, she volunteered for the West China Mission of the United Methodist Church.
In 1899, Grandin enrolled at the Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women.[1] Grandin also studied dentistry there, midwifery in Dublin, ophthalmology at Moorfields, and tropical diseases in London.[2][4] Graduating with a Triple Qualification in 1904, Grandin became the first Jerseywoman to qualify as a physician.[1][2]
Career
In 1906, she and other missionaries sailed from Southampton to Shanghai, and from there by boat up the Yangtze River to Zhaotong, wrecking the boat along the way. Grandin worked for many years in Zhaotong, serving as a doctor, training Chinese midwives and nurses, and making arduous mountain trips by pony to serve aboriginal tribes. Other missionaries she worked with included Dr. Lewis Savin and Sam Pollard.
Following her marriage in 1912, Grandin left missionary work in 1913.[4][5] Despite the marriage being unhappy[4], Grandin assisted with the publication of her husband 1918 work The new atlas and commercial gazetteer of China.
In 1923, Grandin returned to missionary work in Zhaotong but died 16 months later from typhus.[2][4][6]
Personal life
On 16 July 1912, Grandin married the journalist Edwin Dingle.[5]
On 5 December 1924, Grandin died from typhus in Zhaotong, Republic of China (present-day China) aged 48.[2][4][6] Grandian is buried at Fenghuang Mountain in Zhaotong.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Jeffery, Roger (2025). "No.531 Grandin, Lilian Mary". Women who qualified as medical doctors in the United Kingdom, 1877–1914 [dataset]. Edinburgh: School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. doi:10.7488/ds/7909. Retrieved 19 June 2026 – via Edinburgh Datashare.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Balleine, George Reginald. A Biographical Dictionary of Jersey. p. 304–305.
- ↑ "Lilian M. Grandin". 1881 Channel Islands Census [database online]; Jersey; St Helier. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc: 13. 1881.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Grandin, Lilian Mary (1876–1924)". A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland [online version]. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Marriages". Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal. 43. Shanghai: 566. 1912.
- 1 2 "Births, Marriages, And Deaths". British Medical Journal. 1 (3342). London: 44. 17 January 1925. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ↑ Ma, Yuhua (2023). "Gospel from Zhaotong". Regional Culture and Social Change: A Study of Miao-Inhabited Areas of Southwest China. Singapore: Springer. Retrieved 19 June 2026.