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Janet Niven
Janet Simpson Ferguson Niven FCPath, (20 August 1902 – 15 July 1974) was a British histologist and pathologist.
Janet Niven graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree in 1925. She was the first woman to win the Brunton Memorial Prize, awarded to the most distinguished medical graduate each year. During her time working at the University of Glasgow, she was awarded the Faulds Research Fellowship (1924 - 1928), the McCunn Scholarship (1928 - 1940)
William Dickie Niven
William Dickie Niven (26 April 1879 – 26 February 1965), of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, was a Scottish academic.
Family.
Niven was the son of Charles Niven and Jane M. Mackay. In 1908, he married Isabella Cumming and they had two daughters.
Education.
He was educated at Fyvie Public School and Gordon's College, Aberdeen. Niven was educated at the University of Aberdeen, then at Berlin and Halle. He graduated with an MA from Aberdeen in 1900.