Edwin C. J. T. Howard

Biography

Edwin C. J. T. Howard (Edwin Clarence Joseph Turpin Howard (October 21, 1846 – May 10, 1912) was an American physician and one of the first black graduates of Harvard Medical School in 1869. After graduating from Harvard, Dr. Howard worked in Charleston, South Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played a role in establishing the first two hospitals for black patients, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School and Mercy Hospital.

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