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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Anderson Ruffin Abbott |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
7 Apr 1837 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education[1] |
Aft 1837 |
Buxton, Canada"He attended private and public institutions, including William King*’s school in the black settlement of Buxton, near Chatham." |
| Education[1] |
Aft 1837 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada"...he went to the Toronto Academy, where he was an honour student." |
| Education[1] |
Aft 1840 |
Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States"...he left to study at Oberlin College in Ohio." |
| Degree[1] |
1857 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada"...according to historian Daniel G. Hill, graduated from the Toronto School of Medicine in 1857." |
| Occupation[1] |
Aft 1861 |
Canada"Abbott became the first Canadian-born black doctor in 1861, when he received a licence to practise from the Medical Board of Upper Canada." |
| Occupation[1] |
From Jun 1863 to Aug 1865 |
Washington, D.C., United States"Between June 1863 and August 1865 he served in Washington, D.C., first at the Contraband Hospital (Camp Baker) and then at the Freedman’s Hospital;" |
| Unknown[1] |
Aft Aug 1865 |
Arlington, Virginia, United States"...subsequently he had charge of a hospital in Arlington...." |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1894 to 1897 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States"In 1894 Abbott’s professional life took another turn when he accepted appointment as surgeon-in-chief at Provident Hospital in Chicago. Established in 1892, it was the first training hospital for black nurses in the United States. In 1896 he became Provident’s medical superintendent; he resigned the following year, citing “business reasons” as the cause." |
| Death[1] |
29 Dec 1913 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada" In 1913, at the age of 76, Anderson R. Abbott died in the home of his son-in-law Frederick Langdon Hubbard, son of his long-time friend, black municipal reformer William Peyton Hubbard." |
| Reference Number? |
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Q2846137? |
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
XIV, 2000.
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