24 Facts About Lillias Hamilton

Lillias Anna Hamilton was a British medical doctor and writer.

Lillias Hamilton was born at Tomabil Station, New South Wales to Hugh Hamilton and his wife Margaret Clunes.

Lillias Hamilton was a court physician to Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in Afghanistan in the 1890s, and wrote a fictionalized account of her experiences in her book A Vizier's Daughter: A Tale of the Hazara War, published in 1900.

Lillias Anna Hamilton was born on 7 February 1858 at Tomabil station, New South Wales, Australia.

Lillias Hamilton was the eldest of four daughters and the third of the eight children of Hugh Hamilton and Margaret Clunes.

Lillias Hamilton's father was a farmer from Ayrshire, Scotland, and her mother was the daughter of George Innes of Yarrow, New South Wales.

The Lillias Hamilton's continued to travel until they moved to Cheltenham in 1874.

Lillias Hamilton attended the Ladies' College of Cheltenham for four years.

Lillias Hamilton began to travel and even worked as a teacher, but in 1883, she began training as a nurse at the Liverpool workhouse infirmary.

In 1886, Lillias Hamilton decided to become a doctor, and enrolled at the London School of Medicine for Women.

Lillias Hamilton obtained her LRCP and LRCS at Edinburgh in 1890.

Lillias Hamilton was part of the first European generation of female physicians.

Lillias Hamilton had met Colonel Joubert of the Indian Medical Service, and he introduced her to the opportunity of working abroad.

Lillias Hamilton acquired her medical degree in Brussels and promptly left for Calcutta.

Lillias Hamilton held the post of medical officer at the Lady Dufferin Zenana [Women's] Hospital in Calcutta.

Lillias Hamilton's career changed drastically in the spring of 1894 when she moved to Kabul, Afghanistan.

Lillias Hamilton was invited by the Amir, Abdur Rahman, to spend six months in Kabul.

Lillias Hamilton was a prolific journalist and the author of two fiction books.

Lillias Hamilton had an unpublished work titled, The power that walks in darkness, in which she expressed her serious reservations about the Amir's often muddled reforms and his 'iron rule'.

Lillias Hamilton's work, A Vizier's Daughter was a fictional account of her time in Afghanistan in which she challenged "Islamic Stipulations", with sarcasm and perspectives on the Amir, male and female roles in this culture of Afghanistan.

In terms of her medical work, Lillias Hamilton made a significant impact on the health of the Afghan population.

Lillias Hamilton expanded on techniques of treatment including maintenance of the four humors of the body based on traditional beliefs and treatments in the Qaran.

Lillias Hamilton was claimed to be a highly accomplished and talented photographer and needlewoman, and enjoyed music, painting, and the theatre.

Lillias Hamilton died on 6 January 1925 at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Nice, France, and was buried in the English cemetery on the Saturday after her death.