Nathan Francis Mossell

Nathan Francis Mossell
Born(1856-07-27)July 27, 1856
Hamilton, Province of Canada
DiedOctober 27, 1946(1946-10-27) (aged 90)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationLincoln University
University of Pennsylvania (1882) M.D.
SpouseGertrude Emily Hicks Bustill
ChildrenFlorence and Mary Campbell Mossell
Parent(s)Aaron Albert Mossell I
Eliza Bowers
RelativesAaron Albert Mossell (brother)
Sadie Tanner Mossell, niece, Paul Robeson (nephew)
Charles Hicks Bustill (father-in-law)

Nathan Francis Mossell (July 27, 1856 – October 27, 1946) was an American physician who was the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1882. He did post-graduate training at hospitals in Philadelphia and London. In 1888, he was the first black physician elected as member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society in Pennsylvania. He was active in the NAACP and also helped found the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School in West Philadelphia in 1895, which he led as chief-of-staff and medical director until he retired in 1933.[1][2] Gertrude Bustill Mossell was his wife.

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  2. ^ Kristine M. Krapp (1999). Notable Black American Scientists. Gale Research. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7876-2789-8.