Purvis, C. B. (Charles Burleigh), 1841-1929

found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Purvis, Charles Burleigh; physician, medical educator, professor; born 1842 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; studied at Oberlin College (1860-1863); MD from Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio (1865); was assistant surgeon for the Union army, held the rank of first lieutenant (1865-1869) and was posted in the Washington, D.C. area; medical faculty (1869-1873) and Thaddeus Stevens Chair (1871-1872), was professor of obstetrics and gynecology (1873-1906), secretary pro tempore of the medical department (1873-1896) and president of the faculty (1899-1900) at Howard University, surgeon in chief of Freedmen's Hospital until 1894; served on the board of medical examiners, Washington D.C. (1897-1904); established a general practice in Boston, Massachusetts (1905); was admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society (1904); resigned from his teaching position at Howard University (1907), was elected to the board of trustees (1908-1926); died 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States)