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Welcome Turner Jones
Welcome Turner Jones (November 13, 1865 – January 12, 1940) was an American physician, who founded with three other African-American physicians the first black hospital in Newport News, Virginia. The hospital later became the Whittaker Memorial Hospital. Early life and education Jones was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, shortly after the end of the civil war in 1865, to S. T. Jones, an African Methodist Episcopal minister, and Margaret A. Jones, a homemaker. S. T. Jones pursued seminary studies at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1862. Welcome Jones' paternal grandfather was Samuel Jones and maternal grandparents were George and Frances Hilton. He attended and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington and Jefferson College (W&J) in Washington, Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1890. Jones was the first African American on record to graduate from W&J College. He was awarded a masters degree from W&J College in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome Turner Jones
Welcome Turner Jones (November 13, 1865 – January 12, 1940) was an American physician, who founded with three other African-American physicians the first black hospital in Newport News, Virginia. The hospital later became the Whittaker Memorial Hospital. Early life and education Jones was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, shortly after the end of the civil war in 1865, to S. T. Jones, an African Methodist Episcopal minister, and Margaret A. Jones, a homemaker. S. T. Jones pursued seminary studies at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1862. Welcome Jones' paternal grandfather was Samuel Jones and maternal grandparents were George and Frances Hilton. He attended and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington and Jefferson College (W&J) in Washington, Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1890. Jones was the first African American on record to graduate from W&J College. He was awarded a masters degree from W&J College in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
