Margaret Jane Sharpe Hynd Swaziland South Africa

Biography of Margaret Jane Sharpe Hynd

Margaret Jane Sharpe Hynd graduated MB ChB from the University in 1960. She was born in Bremersdorp, modern day Manzini, Swaziland. daughter of David, a medical missionary, who in the 1920s, set up a hospital and schools in Swaziland.

Educated at Epworth High School, Natal, South Africa, Hynd enrolled to study Medicine at the University of Glasgow in 1956, following in the footsteps of her brother, Samuel Wilson Hynd, who graduated MB ChB in 1949.

Hynd continued the work of her parents and became a a medical missionary in Africa.

Sources

University of Glasgow Story

Summary

Margaret Jane Sharpe Hynd
Born 13 July 1933.
GU Degree: MB ChB, 1961; Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences,
University Link: Alumnus, Graduate
Occupation categories: missionaries; physicians
English snippet: Medical graduate of the University of Glasgow in 1961
Record last updated: 29th Apr 2014

Country Associations

Swaziland Swaziland, Manzini
Place of Birth

South Africa South Africa, No Region

University Connections

University Roles

  • Alumnus
  • Graduate