About Marshall Ashby Purse
Lived 1867 – 1938 (aged 70–71). Marshall Ashby Purse was a physician.
Marshall Ashby Purse (1867–1938) was an American physician. He was eminent in Atlanta, Georgia.
Life and career Purse was born in 1867 in Savannah, Georgia, to Daniel Gugel Purse Sr. and Laura Ashby, one of their seven children.
He graduated from Emory University in Atlanta in 1890 and from Columbia College in New York in 1892.
He married Josephine Earnest.
In 1896, he succeeded Dr. Harris as professor of chemistry at Southern Medical College in Atlanta.
Death Purse died in 1938, aged 70 or 71. He is interred in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, St. Simons, Georgia.
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Who was Marshall Ashby Purse?
American physician, 1867–1938
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Marshall Ashby Purse was born in 1867 in Savannah, Georgia.
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Marshall Ashby Purse died in 1938.
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Marshall Ashby Purse was a physician.
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