Balmirmer

Human settlement in Scotland

Angus

Angus

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARNOUSTIEPostcode districtDD7Dialling code01241PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Dundee East

Scottish Parliament

Angus
North East Scotland

List of places: UK; Scotland

56°32′22″N 2°41′10″W / 56.539309°N 2.686183°W / 56.539309; -2.686183

Balmirmer is a hamlet in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Carnoustie and 4 miles (6 km) west of Arbroath.^[1] The hamlet is the location of West Balmirmer Farm, the birthplace of Margaret Fairlie, the first woman to hold a university chair in Scotland.^[2]

Notable residents

Margaret Fairlie (1891-1963), academic and gynecologist, first woman to hold professorial chair in Scotland^[2]

References

^ "Dundee and Montrose, Forfar and Arbroath", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2007, ISBN 0-319-22980-7
^ ^a ^b "Notable University Figures (3): Professor Margaret Fairlie". Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee. Retrieved 26 October 2015.