Anderson Ruffin Abbott

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Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. His career included participation in the American Civil War and attending the death bed of Abraham Lincoln and being invited by Lincoln's administration to a post war ceremony despite being black.

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• University of Toronto Biography of Abbott