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Albert Freeman Africanus King

American physician

Died when: 73 years 329 days (886 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Albert Freeman Africanus King

Albert Freeman Africanus King (18 January 1841 – 13 December 1914) was an English-born American physician who was pressed into service at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865.

He was one of a few physicians who served in both the Confederate States Army and the United States Army during the American Civil War.

In addition, King was one of the earliest to suggest the connection between mosquitos and malaria.


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