Whittier Cinclair Atkinson (April 23, 1893 – January 2, 1991) was an American general practitioner who founded the

Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital is a historic hospital building located at Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The hospital was founded in 1936 by Whittier C. Atkinson, the first African American physician in Chester C ...

in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1936 and closed in 1978, the hospital was established to meet the medical needs of African American community members who faced racial discrimination at other area hospitals. A graduate of Howard University College of Medicine, Atkinson became the first Black physician in Chester County in 1927. He served as president of two African American medical associations and received several awards and honors, including Howard University's Alumnus of the Year in 1953 and the Pennsylvania Medical Society's General Practitioner of the Year in 1960. The Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected a historical marker outside the building in Whittier Atkinson's honor in 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Whittier C. 1893 births 1991 deaths African-American history of Pennsylvania Howard University alumni Howard University College of Medicine alumni Physicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania People from Camden County, Georgia 20th-century African-American physicians 20th-century American physicians Physicians from Pennsylvania People from Coatesville, Pennsylvania