Moses Minas Housepian | |
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Մովսես Մինասի Հովսեփյան | |
Born | 1876
Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire |
Died | December 11, 1952 New York City, New York | (aged 75–76)
Other names | Movses Housepian |
Alma mater | Long Island College Hospital |
Known for | physician, humanitarian aid worker |
Spouse | Makrouhie Ashjian |
Children |
Edgar Housepian, Marjorie Housepian Dobkin |
Moses Minas Housepian ( Armenian: Մովսես Մինասի Հովսեփյան, 1876 – December 11, 1952) was a Syrian-born Armenian-American physician and humanitarian aid worker.
Moses Minas Housepian was born in 1876 in Kessab, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire (now Syria). [1] He escaped the Hamidian massacres in his youth. He graduated from Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in 1905. [2]
He later headed a humanitarian medical mission in Russian Armenia from 1916 to 1918 treating refugees from the Armenian genocide. [2] [3] He is credited with stopping the spread of a typhus epidemic and was known as the "Angel of Mercy", and as "Dr. Purgich" (English: "Dr. Saviour"). [4]
Housepian was active in the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, whose chapter in New York City was posthumously named for him. [5] His wife, Makrouhie Housepian (née Ashjian), was active in the Armenian General Benevolent Union and other Armenian causes. [6] Moses and Makrouhie Housepian were the parents of Marjorie Housepian Dobkin and Edgar Housepian. [7]
Housepian died on December 11, 1952, in New York City. [1]