John P. Turner

Biography

John Patrick Turner (November 1, 1895 – September 14, 1958) was an African American physician, surgeon, hospital administrator, and educator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was chief of the surgical department and staff president of Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, later Mercy-Douglass Hospital, in Philadelphia. Turner was the first Black member of the Philadelphia Board of Education, serving in that capacity for 35 years.

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