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A. Wilberforce Williams

1865–1940

United States

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Albert Wilberforce Williams (January 31, 1865 – February 26, 1940), was an American physician, surgeon, educator, and journalist. He worked in Chicago for most of his career and specialized in internal medicine, the treatment of tuberculosis, and heart disease. Williams wrote a health column for The Chicago Defender, an African-American newspaper.

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