Mary Shepherd
Mary Shepherd may refer to: * Lady Mary Shepherd, Scottish philosopher * Mary Patricia Shepherd, British thoracic surgeon See also * Mary Shepard Mary Eleanor Jessie Knox née Shepard (25 December 1909 – 4 September 2000) was an English illustrator of children's books. She is best known for the ''Mary Poppins'' stories written by P. L. Travers (1934 to 1988). She used her married na ...

Lady Mary Shepherd
Lady Mary Shepherd, ( Primrose; 31 December 1777 – 7 January 1847) was a Scottish philosopher who published two philosophical books, one in 1824 and one in 1827. According to Robert Blakey, in her entry in his ''History of the Philosophy of the Mind'', she exercised considerable influence over the Edinburgh philosophy of her day. Life There is an entry in the Encyclopedia of Women that states that not much is known about the thinker that is Lady Mary Shepard. This highlights the problem at hand which is needing to better understand her life and its contributions, and how those contributions have helped shape the world today of philosophy and for women in science. Lady Mary Primrose was the second of five daughters of Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Rosebery. She was born along the Firth of Forth close to Edinburgh at Barnbougle Castle on the family estate near Dalmeny, Midlothian. Shepherd had four other siblings. Her older brother Archibald Primrose, had a successful life and even ...
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Mary Patricia Shepherd
Mary Patricia Shepherd (4 July 1933 – 20 October 2003) was a British thoracic surgeon who worked at Harefield Hospital in London. She is known for her research on plombage, Membrane oxygenator, membrane oxygenation, and Diaphragm (anatomy), diaphragmatic grafts. Biography Mary Shepherd was born on 4 July 1933 in Forest Hill, London, Forest Hill, London. Her father was George Raymond Shepherd, an engineer, and her mother was Florence May Savile, who came from a medical family. The family spent a year in Maryland when George took up an American work assignment. Mary was awarded a scholarship to James Allen's Girls' School in 1946 and graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1957 after winning several prizes in surgery. After qualifying, she continued to work at the Royal Free Hospital as a house surgeon and a surgical registrar. In 1963, Shepherd became a registrar at Harefield Hospital, where she would remain for the rest of her career as a consultant in thorac ...
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