John Dickson (doctor)

John Dickson (doctor)

John Dickson (1795-1847) was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the brother of Dr. Samuel Henry Dickson and helped the first female doctor Elizabeth Blackwell, to prepare for medical school. He was educated at Yale University and had a medical degree as well as being an ordained presbyterian minister. He had a boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina where Elizabeth Blackwell taught. He died there of tuberculosis.

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[http://books.google.com/books?id=rHNtrkPD8UMC&pg=PA424&dq=John+Dickson+presbyterian+church+asheville&ei=BNI3R5HuApmepgKgte2MAg History of Western North Carolina] (He is mistakenly referred to here as Samuel Dickson, his brother)

[http://books.google.com/books?id=HLRq-bn06KwC&pg=PA277&dq=John+Dickson+presbyterian+church+asheville&ei=WNE3R4OVJZ_qpwK0rbmKAg Annals of the American Pulpit]


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