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Robert Burt

1873–1955

United States

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Robert Tecumseh Burt (November 25, 1873 – August 16, 1955) was an African-American medical doctor, surgeon, and teacher. He operated an infirmary and later the only hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee from 1906 to 1916.

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