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Daniel Hale Williams
African American cardiologist (–)
Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, [a] – August 4, ) was an American surgeon and hospital founder.
A Black American, he founded Provident Hospital in , which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Provident also had an associated nursing school for African Americans.
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He is known for being the first to perform a successful heart surgery.[1][2]
In , Williams was elected as the only African-American charter member of the American College of Surgeons.[1]
Biography
Early life and education
Williams was born in and raised in the city of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
His father, Daniel Williams Jr., was the son of a Scots-Irish woman and a black barber.[3] His mother, Sarah Price, was black American. His Williams family great grandfather was listed in the U. S. census for Philadelphia City, as 'other free,' a designation that included black Americans.