Event
Dr. William Wright and Black Enrolment at McGill’s Medical School
Monday, February 17, 2020 17:00to19:00
Faculty Club
3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA
Montreal historian Frank Mackey delivers the 188th lecture of the James McGill Society: Dr. William Wright & Black Enrolment at McGill’s Medical School.
William Wright (1827-1908) MDCM 1848, the first Black graduate medical doctor in North America, taught at McGill for thirty years and served as the Chair of Pharmacology and Therapeutics from 1854 until his retirement in 1883. Approximately 40 people of African descent graduated in Medicine between 1907 and 1936.
RECEPTION: 5:00 pm; PRESENTATION: 5:30 pm
Billiards Room, McGill Faculty Club
ALL ARE WELCOME
Photo: A tribute to Dr. Wright, the “Good Samaritan” window at the Church of St. John the Evangelist on President Kennedy Ave. It was commissioned in 1909 by Father Edmund Wood, Rector of the church, and Sir William Osler. The red poppies are a nod to Dr. Wright’s medical interest in opium. Photo courtesy of Janet Best.