Albert Freeman Africanus King

Deceased Person

1841 – 1914

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Who was Albert Freeman Africanus King?

Albert Freeman Africanus King an English-born American physician who witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865. He was a bystander physician who was pressed into service during the assassination. He was one of a few physicians who served in both the Confederate States Army and the United States Army during the American Civil War. In addition, King was one of the earliest to suggest the connection between mosquitos and malaria.

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Born
Jan 18, 1841
Ambrosden
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Dec 13, 1914
Washington, D.C.

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on July 23, 2013

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