About Lorrin A. Shepard
Lived 1890 – 1983 (aged 93). Lorrin A. Shepard was a physician and missionary.
Lorrin Andrews Shepard (March 24, 1890 – July 16, 1983) was an American medical missionary who served as the chief physician at the American Hospital in Istanbul from 1927 to 1957.
Biography Born in Antep, Ottoman Empire, he was the son of Fred D. Shepard, a surgeon at Antep American Hospital, and Fanny Andrews Shepard, a physician who worked as a nurse and founded a vocational workshop due to local prohibitions on female physicians.
Shepard completed his education in the United States, attending Yale University for his undergraduate studies and Columbia University for medical school.
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Who was Lorrin A. Shepard?
American physician and missionary
When was Lorrin A. Shepard born?
Lorrin A. Shepard was born on 24 March 1890.
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Lorrin A. Shepard died on 16 July 1983.
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Lorrin A. Shepard was a physician and missionary.
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