Elizabeth Haldane

Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane LLD
Taken from the frontispiece of her autobiography 'From One Century to Another'.
Born(1862-05-27)27 May 1862
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died24 December 1937(1937-12-24) (aged 75)
St Margaret's Hospital, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Pen nameE. S. Haldane
Occupation
  • Writer
  • biographer
  • historian
  • philosopher
NationalityScottish
Genrenon-fiction, biography, philosophy

Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane LLD CH JP (/ˈhɔːldeɪn/; 27 May 1862 – 24 December 1937) was a Scottish author, biographer, philosopher, suffragist, and social welfare and nursing administrator. She managed the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from 1901 and established the Voluntary Aid Detachment from 1908. She became the first female Justice of the Peace in Scotland in 1920. She was awarded an LLD from St Andrews University in 1906 and was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1918.

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