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Drew, Charles Richard (1904-1950)

From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place : United States of America Subject : biography, biology US surgeon chiefly remembered for his research into blood transfusion. Born on 3 June 1904 in Washington, DC, Charles Drew was educated in the public schools of the city graduating with honours from Dunbar High School in 1922. After receiving a BA from Amherst College in 1926, he worked for two years as director of athletics and teacher of biology at Morgan State College. In 1928 he went on to McGill University Medical School and was awarded his MD and CM in 1933. Having completed his internship in Montréal General Hospital, in 1935 he went to Howard University Medical School as an instructor of pathology. In 1938 he was granted a research fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation and spent two years at Columbia University, New York, and as a resident in surgery in the Presbyterian Hospital connected with the Medical School. He received a MedDSc degree from the University in 1940 - the first black person to receive this…
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Full text Article Drew, Charles Richard (1904–1950)

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
pioneering blood plasma scientist, surgeon, teacher Born in Washington, D.C., Charles Drew graduated from McGill University Medical School in Montreal in 1933, ranking second in a class of 137. During a two-year fellowship at Columbia University's medical school (1938–1940), he did research on blood…
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Full text Article Drew, Charles Richard (1904-1950)

From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place : United States of America Subject : biography, biology US surgeon chiefly remembered for his research into blood transfusion. Born on 3 June 1904 in Washington, DC, Charles Drew was educated in the public schools of the city graduating with honours from Dunbar High School in 1922. After…
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Full text Article Drew, Charles Richard 1904–1950.

From The American Heritage Dictionary of Medicine
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Charles R. Drew (1904–1950)
Physician, Blood Plasma Researcher Born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C., Charles Richard Drew graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he received the Messman Trophy for having brought the most honor to the school during his four years there. He was not only an outstanding scholar…
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Full text Article Drew, Charles Richard

From American Biographies: American Scientists
(b. 1904–d. 1950) surgeon, scientist, teacher Charles Richard Drew established the first large-scale blood bank program in the United States. He developed many of the methods and procedures for handling and preserving blood in large quantities that eventually made possible the establishment of a…
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In addition to his work in blood preservation and...
(born June 3, 1904, Washington, D.C., U.S.–died April 1, 1950, near Burlington, N.C.) Charles Richard Drew was an African American physician and surgeon who was an authority on the preservation of human blood for transfusion. Drew was educated at Amherst College (graduated 1926), McGill University, …
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Full text Article Drew, Charles Richard

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born June 3, 1904, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died April 1, 1950, near Burlington, N.C.) U.S. physician and surgeon. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. While researching the properties and preservation of blood plasma, he developed efficient ways to process and store plasma in blood banks. …
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