| 词条 | Wilson Ruffin Abbott |
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|name = Wilson Ruffin Abbott |image = WilsonAbbott.jpg |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = 1801 |birth_place = Richmond, Virginia |death_date = {{Death year and age|1876|1801}} |death_place = Toronto, Ontario |resting_place = Necropolis Cemetery |resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|43.668282|N|79.360259|W|display=inline}} |nationality = |ethnicity = |citizenship = |other_names = |occupation = Businessman |years_active = |home_town = |spouse = Ellen Toyer }} Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876) was an American-born Black Canadian and successful businessman and landowner in Toronto, Ontario. He was the father of Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada's first Black physician. Born to a Scotch-Irish father and a free West African mother in Richmond, Virginia, Abbott left home when he was aged 15 to work as a steward on a Mississippi River steamer.[1] He married Ellen Toyer, and moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he opened a general grocery store, but left in 1834 after receiving a warning that his store was to be pillaged.[1] In late 1835 or early 1836, he moved to Toronto, Upper Canada, where he prospered as a businessman.[1] His son Anderson Ruffin Abbott became the first African Canadian to practice medicine. References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. X|chapter=Wilson Ruffin Abbott|chapterurl=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4787|last=Winks|first=Robin W.|year=1972|location=Toronto|isbn=0-8020-3287-7}} {{refbegin}}
12 : 1801 births|1876 deaths|American emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario|American people of Scotch-Irish descent|Businesspeople from Toronto|Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent|People from Old Toronto|Businesspeople from Richmond, Virginia|Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople|Toronto city councillors|Immigrants to Upper Canada|Black Canadian politicians |
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