Charles Burleigh Purvis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1842
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 14-Dec-1929
Profession: physician
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Charles Burleigh Purvis
- Charles Burleigh Purvis (April 14, 1842 – December 14, 1929) was a physician in Washington, D.C.
- He was among the founders of the medical school at Howard University.
- He was the first black physician to attend a sitting president when he attended President James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in 1881, he was the first black physician to head a hospital under civilian authority when he was made surgeon-in-charge of the Freedmen's Hospital that same year.
- He was first black person to serve on the D.
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- Board of Medical Examiners and the second black instructor at an American medical school.
- He was also a leading activist in civil rights and universal suffrage movements.
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