with the School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Edinburgh at Surgeons' Hall. Jex-Blake lived and conducted her practice for 16 years in the house known as Bruntsfield Lodge on Whitehouse Loan. When she retired in 1889, the Edinburgh Hospital and Dispensary for Women and Children moved to this site, and became known as Bruntsfield Hospital, where it continued to function on the site until 1989. Personal life Jex-Blake is assumed to have been in a romantic relationship with Dr Margaret Todd. On Jex-Blake's retirement in 1899, they moved to Windydene, Mark Cross, Rotherfield, where Dr Todd wrote The Way of Escape in 1902 and Growth in 1906. Her home became a meeting place for former students and colleagues, and she welcomed writers and acquaintances from the world over. Death and commemoration Jex-Blake died at Windydene on 7 January 1912, two weeks before her 72nd birthday, and is buried at St Wulfrans, Ovingdean. Todd subsequently wrote The Life of Dr Sophia Jex-Blake. The University of Edinburgh commemorated Jex-Blake with a plaque (by Pilkington Jackson) near the entrance to its medical school, honouring her as "Physician, pioneer of medical education for women in Britain, alumna of the University". In 2015, an Historic Scotland plaque was unveiled to commemorate the Surgeons' Hall Riot of 18 November 1870. The Edinburgh Seven were awarded the posthumous honorary MBChB degrees at the University of Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall on 6 July 2019. The degrees were collected on their behalf by a group of current students at Edinburgh Medical School. Medical student Simran Piya collected an honorary degree on behalf of Sophia Jex-Blake. The graduation was the first of a series of events planned by the University of Edinburgh to commemorate the achievements and significance of the Edinburgh Seven. In 2020, Bellfield Brewery launched a new India pale ale named after Sophia Jex-Blake. In 2021, a production of a dramatic piece about the experiences of Jex-Blake and the Edinburgh Seven, Sophia, by Scottish playwright Frances Poet, was announced. Relatives Thomas William Jex-Blake (1832–1915), brother, headmaster of Rugby School from 1874 to 1887 Katharine Jex-Blake, niece, mistress of Girton College from 1916 to 1922 Henrietta Jex-Blake, niece, principal of Lady Margaret Hall from 1909 to 1921 Arthur John Jex-Blake, nephew, British physician and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Bertha Jex-Blake, niece, British physician who studied at the Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women established by