Clarence Ussher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Physician and American missionary in the Van region during the Armenian Genocide
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1870
Place of Birth: Aurora, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 20-Sep-1955
Profession: missionary
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Clarence Ussher
- Clarence Douglas Ussher (September 9, 1870 – September 20, 1955) was an American physician and missionary in the Van region during the Armenian Genocide, where he reported that 55,000 Armenians had been killed.
- In 1917 Ussher published a memoir regarding his experience in Van, titled An American Physician in Turkey: A Narrative of Adventures in Peace and War.
- It is considered one of the most detailed eyewitness accounts of the events.
- Ussher openly blamed the Turkish government for the systematic massacres of Armenians.
- His accounts of the Armenian Genocide were depicted in the 2002 film Ararat.
- He was the husband of Elizabeth Barrows Ussher.
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