1860 - 1959
Oliver R. Avison
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| Birthday |
30th June, 1860
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| Died |
29th August, 1959
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| Buried |
Smith's Falls, Canada
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Occupation Text |
Doctor, physician, medical missionary, professor, humanitarian.
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Oliver R. Avison (June 30, 1860 – August 29, 1956) was a Canadian doctor, physician, humanitarian, missionary and professor, who spent over four decades spreading Western medical knowledge in Korea during the Kaehwagi or Enlightenment Period. Avison was recognized for founding and opening the Severance Hospital and the Severance Medical College in Seoul in 1904, two interlinked institutions that sought to treat the sick and expose the Korean natives to the practical teachings of Western medicinal sciences. Through fundraising efforts across North America prior to the opening, Avison received a series of donations from American philanthropist Louis H. Severance, the namesake for the teaching hospital.
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