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Patricia Horne
Patricia Horne (born c.1929), is an Irish medical doctor who spent the beginning of her career working in Africa in Nigeria in the 1950s. She returned, responding to AIDS in Zambia, in the 1990s. Early life and education Patricia Horne was born circa 1929 to Delia Moclair and Andrew Horne Jr, with her twin sister Margaret. Her grandfather was Andrew Horne (obstetrician), Andrew Horne, founder and first joint master of National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Holles Street maternity hospital. Her mother studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast, Queen’s College, Belfast and came to work in Holles Street. Her father was a Royal Army Medical Corps officer at Gallipoli before returning to Dublin and marrying Moclair in 1925. Horne grew up wanting to be a surgeon, and she and her sister went to the Ursulines secondary school in Waterford. Horne went to study medicine in University College Dublin. While in college, Horne lead the UCD women's hockey team to Women's Irish Senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |