Joseph Cochran
Joseph Plumb Cochran | |
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| Born | January 14, 1855 Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Qajar Iran |
| Died | August 18, 1905 (aged 50) Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Qajar Iran |
| Burial place | American Mission Graveyard, Seer, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran |
| Alma mater | New York Medical College |
| Occupation(s) | Presbyterian missionary, medical doctor, school founder |
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| Father | Joseph Gallup Cochran |
Joseph Plumb Cochran, M.D. (January 14, 1855 – August 18, 1905), was an American Presbyterian missionary and medical doctor. He is credited as the founding father of Iran's first modern Western medical school, Westminster College (now Urmia University) in 1879.