Watkins, Mary Hirst
Biographical
| Registration number | 1037 |
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| Surname | Watkins |
| First name(s) | Mary Hirst |
| Address(es) | The Hospital, Kimberley, South Africa |
| Date of registration | 2 May 1890 |
| Qualifications | Guy's Hospital 1882; Certificate, Kimberley Hospital 1884-90 |
| Remarks | Deceased |
Personal details
| Date of death | 1905 |
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| Place of death | South Africa |
| Additional personal details | Sister Mary Hirst Watkins was re-interred alongside Sister Henrietta Stockdale in the grounds of St. Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa. |
Professional details
| Additional training | Qualified in nursing and midwifery under Sister Henrietta Stockdale (Sister Henrietta was the founder of professional nursing in South Africa . She pioneered the training of nurses at the Carnarvon Hospital. She was later influential in securing the first State Registration of nurses in the world in 1891). |
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| Additional qualifications | Obstetrical Nursing |
| Work experience | Guy's Hospital, London - 1882; Kimberley Hospital, South Africa - 1884-90; Cape Colony, South Africa - 1892 |
| Additional professional details | Sister Mary Hirst Watkins is acknowledged as the founder of modern midwifery training in South Africa. She established a School for Midwives in Kimberley in 1893 and was offered an appointment in England but died on the day the letter arrived in 1905. |
| Sources | Register of Nurses (RBNA 4/1) - Royal British Nurses' Association Records, King's College London Archives RCN Nursing Journal Vol.3 (Index) Obstetric Nursing; Standard Encyclopedia of South Africa - Wikipedia; Mothers, Midwifery, Births and Babies/Ancestry24. |