Albert F. A. 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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Portrait of Dr. Albert F. A. King | |
| Born | Albert Freeman Africanus King 18 January 1841 Ambrosden, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 13 December 1914 (aged 73) Washington, D.C., US |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. 38.56°N 77.0°E |
| Citizenship | UK USA |
| Alma mater | National Medical College of Columbian University (1st MD) University of Pennsylvania (2nd MD) George Washington University |
| Known for | Service in assassination of Abraham Lincoln Mosquito-malaria theory |
| Spouse | Ellen Amory Dexter |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Obstetrics Philosophy of medicine |
| Institutions | Lincoln Hospital National Medical College of Columbian University University of Vermont College of Medicine Providence Hospital (Washington, D.C.) Georgetown University |
| Thesis | Basis of an improved medical philosophy (1865) |
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