About Moses Housepian
Lived 1876 – 1952 (aged 75–76). Moses Housepian was a public figure and physician.
Moses Minas Housepian (Armenian: ; 1876 – December 11, 1952) was a Syrian-born Armenian-American physician and humanitarian aid worker.
Biography Moses Minas Housepian was born in 1876 in Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire (now Syria). He escaped the Hamidian massacres in his youth. He graduated from Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in 1905. He is credited with stopping the spread of a typhus epidemic and was known as the "Angel of Mercy", and as "Dr. Purgich" (English: "Dr. Saviour").
Housepian was active in the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, whose chapter in New York City was posthumously named for him. His wife, Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), was active in the Armenian General Benevolent Union and other Armenian causes. Moses and Makrouhie Housepian were the parents of Marjorie Housepian Dobkin and Edgar Housepian.
Housepian died on December 11, 1952, in New York City.
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Armenian-American physician
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Moses Housepian was born in 1876 in Kesab.
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Moses Housepian died on 11 December 1952 in New York City.
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Moses Housepian was a public figure and physician.
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