Balmirmer
| Balmirmer | |
| Angus | |
|---|---|
 West Balmirmer farm and cottages | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO579388 |
| Location: | 56°32’22"N, 2°41’10"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carnoustie |
| Postcode: | DD7 |
| Dialling code: | 01241 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Angus |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dundee East |
Balmirmer is a hamlet in Angus, standing two miles northeast of Carnoustie and four miles west of Arbroath.
At Balmirmer is West Balmirmer Farm, the birthplace (in 1891) of Margaret Fairlie, a gynecologist and academic who was the first woman to hold a university chair in Scotland.[1]
References
- ↑ "Notable University Figures (3): Professor Margaret Fairlie". Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee. http://www.archives-records-artefacts.com/2011/08/notable-university-figures-3-professor.html. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
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