Charles Drew Biography

Charles Drew biography

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NAME: Charles Drew
OCCUPATION: Doctor, Surgeon
BIRTH DATE: June 03, 1904
DEATH DATE: April 01, 1950
EDUCATION: Amherst College, McGill University, Columbia University

PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington, D. C.
PLACE OF DEATH: Burlington, North Carolina

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Charles R. Drew was an African-American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion.

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Charles Richard Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. He was an African American physician who developed ways to process and store blood plasma in blood banks. He directed the blood plasma programs of the United States and Great Britain in World War II, but resigned after a ruling that the blood of African Americans would be segregated. He died in 1950.