Ella Pirrie | |
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| Died | 31 October 1929 (age 72) George Square, Edinburgh |
| Resting place | Dean 1c Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Known for | First nurse at Belfast City Hospital, establishing a nursing school and first matron at the Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh. |
Isabella Barbour Pirrie, DCS (1857–1929), was the first nurse in the Belfast Union Workhouse Infirmary (now the Belfast City Hospital), establishing a nursing school there. She went on to become the first matron at the Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, established by Archibald Charteris as a training school for nurses.