Dr. John Angelo Lester | |
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| Born | October 29, 1858 |
| Died | September 27, 1934 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | Meharry Medical College |
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| Fields | Medical education |
John Angelo Lester (1858-1934) was an American educator, physician and administrator in Nashville, Tennessee between 1895 and 1934. He was a professor of physiology at Meharry Medical College and was named Professor Emeritus in 1930. Lester served as an executive officer in the National Medical Association and various state and regional medical associations throughout Tennessee, a mecca for African-American physicians since Reconstruction.