Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician, was born on 18 December 1872 in Wellington, a country town in south-western Cape Colony, the eldest son of the nine children of Abdul Arraman (also known as Rahman), small trader and civic figure, who was a patron of ...
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Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician
Bill Nasson
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Agnew, Sir James Willson (1815–1901), medical practitioner and politician in Tasmania
C. A. Harris
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Agnew, Sir James Willson (1815–1901), medical practitioner and politician in Tasmania, born at Ballyclare, co. Antrim, Ireland, on 2 October 1815, was the son of James William Agnew, a physician, and Ellen Stewart, of Larne, co. Antrim. Educated for the medical profession at ...
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Asher, Asher (1837–1889), physician and community worker
Kenneth E. Collins
Asher, Asher (1837–1889), physician and community worker, was born on 16 February 1837 in Glasgow, the first son of Philip Asher, son of Rabbi Zev Wolf of Lublin, and his wife, Hannah, a native of the Netherlands. From an early age he was an assiduous scholar of Jewish and secular subjects, winning prizes at ...
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Barrow, Samuel (1625?–1683), physician and lawyer of the army
A. L. Wyman
Barrow, Samuel (1625
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Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America
Dennis M. Conrad
Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 21 November 1729 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the seventh and youngest child of Stephen Bartlett, a shoemaker, and his wife, Hannah Webster. Josiah had little schooling before being apprenticed to a relative, ...
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Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795) by John Trumbull, 1790 New Hampshire Historical Society
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Bentham, Ethel (1861–1931), physician and politician
C. V. J. Griffiths
Bentham, Ethel (1861–1931), physician and politician, was born on 5 January 1861 at 82 King William Street, City of London, one of at least two daughters of William Bentham, an inspector and later general manager of the Standard Life Assurance Company, and his wife, ...
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Bland, William (1789–1868), medical practitioner and politician in Australia
Brian H. Fletcher
Bland, William (1789–1868), medical practitioner and politician in Australia, was born in London on 5 November 1789, the second son of Dr Robert Bland (1740–1816). William was said to have attended the Merchant Taylors' School, but this has not been confirmed. Certainly, he was drawn to medicine and on 6 January 1809 qualified as a surgeon's mate in the ...
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Bright, Herbert Christian Bankole- (1883–1958), medical practitioner and politician in Sierra Leone
Christopher Fyfe
Bright, Herbert Christian Bankole- (1883–1958), medical practitioner and politician in Sierra Leone, was born of Sierra Leonean parents on 23 August 1883 at Okrika (later in Nigeria), the son of Jacob Galba Bright (1843–1910), businessman, and his wife, Laetitia, née Williams (...
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Brooke, Humphrey (bap. 1618, d. 1693), physician and Leveller
Michael Bevan and P. R. S. Baker
Brooke, Humphrey (bap. 1618, d. 1693), physician and Leveller, was baptized on 29 March 1618 at St Mary Woolnoth, London, the son of Robert Brooke, gentleman, of London. He attended Merchant Taylors' School from 1632 to 1636, and matriculated from St John's College, Oxford...
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Burke, Thomas (c. 1744–1783), physician and politician in America
William S. Powell
Burke, Thomas (c. 1744–1783), physician and politician in America, was born in co. Galway, Ireland. He was the son of Ulick Burke, a man of some education and of an Anglo-Irish protestant family that had lived in Ireland since the time of Henry II...
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Cameron, Archibald (1707–1753), physician and Jacobite conspirator
Roger Turner
Cameron, Archibald (1707–1753), physician and Jacobite conspirator, was the fourth son of John Cameron (c.1663–1748), laird of Lochiel, and his wife, Isabel, daughter of Alexander Campbell of Lochnell, and the younger brother of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, who took a prominent part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. ...
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Colladon, Sir John [Jean] (1608–1675), physician and political agent
Vivienne Larminie
Colladon, Sir John [Jean] (1608–1675), physician and political agent, was born on 19 March 1608 in the republic of Geneva, the son of Esaïe Colladon (1562–1611), professor of philosophy at the Geneva Academy, and his wife, Marie, daughter of Antoine Chauve, a minister in the ...
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Cooke, Elisha (1678–1737)
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Elisha Cooke (1678–1737) by N. Byfield, 1713 photography courtesy Peabody Essex Museum
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Cooke, Elisha (1678–1737), politician and physician in America
William Pencak
Cooke, Elisha (1678–1737), politician and physician in America, was born on 20 December 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Elisha Cooke (1637–1715), also a physician and a long-time leader of the puritan or anti-prerogative faction in Massachusetts, and Elizabeth (1651–1715), daughter of ...
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Dadoo, Yusuf Mohamed (1909–1983), medical practitioner and politician in South Africa
Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
Dadoo, Yusuf Mohamed (1909–1983), medical practitioner and politician in South Africa, was born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, on 5 September 1909, one of five children of Mohamed Dadoo, a merchant originally from Kholvad in Gujarat, India, and Fatima Wadee. In the Transvaal Indians could not vote or own property except within segregated areas. ...
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Datta, Sukha Sagar [Sukhsagar] (1890–1967), medical practitioner and political activist
Rohit Barot
Datta, Sukha Sagar [Sukhsagar] (1890–1967), medical practitioner and political activist, was born in Bengal, the youngest son in the family of three sons and two daughters of Dwijadas Datta (b. 1856), professor of agriculture, and his wife, Muktakeshi, daughter of a ...
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De Sousa, Aleixo Caetano Lactâncio [Alexio; known as A. C. L. de Sousa] (1883–1958), doctor and political activist
Margret Frenz
De Sousa, Aleixo Caetano Lactâncio [Alexio; known as A. C. L. de Sousa] (1883–1958), doctor and political activist, was born on 10 May 1883 in Carmona, Goa, Portuguese India, the son of Jose dos Remédios de Sousa and his wife, Maria Eufemia Dias...
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Drennan, William (1754–1820), physician, poet, and political reformer
I. R. McBride
Drennan, William (1754–1820), physician, poet, and political reformer, was born in Belfast on 23 May 1754, the child of the Revd Thomas Drennan (1696–1768) and his wife, Anne, née Lennox (1719–1806). Of Thomas Drennan, the minister of Belfast's First Presbyterian Congregation...
