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Agnes Grainger Stewart

1871–1956

A Scottish writer from Edinburgh, she is remembered for a single carefully researched book, The Academic Gregories, which traced a remarkable family of scholars and physicians. Her life stayed close to home, but her work preserved a rich slice of Scottish intellectual history.

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The Academic Gregories

The Academic Gregories

by Agnes Grainger Stewart

About the author

Born in Edinburgh on April 26, 1871, she was the daughter of Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, a prominent physician, and Jessy Dingwall Fordyce McDonald. She grew up in a well-known Edinburgh household and later remained closely tied to the city throughout her life.

Her only known published book was The Academic Gregories (1901), written for the "Famous Scots" series. In it, she sketched the lives of twelve members of the Gregory family across more than two centuries, bringing together biography, family history, and Scottish academic life in a readable way.

Later records note her as Lady Warden of the Aberdeen Training Centre for Teachers. She died in Edinburgh on September 25, 1956, and was buried with her parents in Dean Cemetery. No suitable verified portrait image could be confirmed from the available sources.