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Elizabeth Fish
Elizabeth Mary Jane Fish (22 December 1860 – 21 March 1944) was a schoolteacher and the first elected woman president of the Educational Institute of Scotland, the oldest teachers' trade union in the world. Early life and education Elizabeth Fish was born at 83 North Woodside Road in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1860. to Jane McNaughton and William Fish, a city missionary. William was chaplain at Sharp's Institution in Perth, Scotland, Perth and it was here that Fish was schooled. Fish returned to Glasgow to become a pupil teacher, starting out at Henderson Street public school where she came first in Scotland in the Queen's Scholarship examination. Following this, she went on to study at the Free Church Training College, Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College. In 1885, Fish graduated LLA (Lady Literate in Arts) from University of St Andrews, St. Andrews University, studying French and Italian, for which she was awarded the Society of Arts medal. Career Between 1881 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
