Anderson Ruffin Abbott

Anderson Ruffin Abbott

Anderson Ruffin Abbott, MD (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. His career included participation in the American Civil War and attending the death bed of Abraham Lincoln and being invited by Lincoln's administration to a post war ceremony despite being black.

He Graduated with an MD from the University of Toronto in 1860.

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7166 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.greatpast.utoronto.ca/GreatMinds/ShowBanner.asp?ID=17 University of Toronto Biography of Abbott]


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