Dr. Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol CMG (pen name Abioseh Nicol)
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Dr. Nicol was a physician, researcher, writer, and poet. Born in Sierra Leone, he and his family would later leave there, and he received his primary education in Nigeria.
Dr. Sophia Bethena Jones
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Dr. Sophia Bethena Jones was a Canadian born physician and Canada’s first black woman to earn a medical degree.