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Albert Whiggs Easmon

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Soon after the epidemic, Easmon had a stroke that paralysed the right side of his body, leaving him bedridden for two years until his death on 26 May 1923, at the age of 56.
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Albert Whiggs Easmon enrolled in Edinburgh University to study medicine; he qualified in 1895, graduating with
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Gates, Professor Henry Louis Jr.; Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel; Niven, Mr Steven J. (2 February 2012).
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of Little East Street, Freetown. Albert Whiggs Easmon was the younger half brother of Dr.
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He was reportedly the only physician who did not contract influenza during the 1918-19
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Albert Whiggs Easmon was born to Walter Richard Easmon (1824-1883) and Mah Serah, a
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Physicians, Colonial Racism, and Diaspora in West Africa
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Chief Medical Officer
British Subject
Edinburgh University
Sierra Leonean Creole
John Farrell Easmon
Edinburgh University
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Easmon family
Susu
Guinea
Nova Scotian Settler
Easmon family
John Farrell Easmon
Chief Medical Officer
Gold Coast
First Class Honours
influenza epidemic
Raymond S. Easmon
Raymond Sarif Easmon





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