Tabitha Solomon | |
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![]() Tabitha Solomon, c. 1926.
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Born | 15 November 1901 Calcutta |
Died | 30 July 1976 Calcutta |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Calcutta Dental College and Hospital |
Occupation | Dentist |
Medical career | |
Profession | Dentist |
Institutions |
Tabitha Solomon (born 1901) was one of the first women to qualify as a dentist in India, graduating from the Calcutta Dental College and Hospital in 1928. After graduation she started a dental clinic in the Chittarnjan Seva Sadan Hospital and worked at the Dufferin Hospital. A member of the Baghdadi Jewish community, she was closely involved in Jewish community causes.
Tabitha Solomon was born in 1901 [2] into the Baghdadi Jewish expatriate community in British India. [3] She was one of the first women to qualify as a dentist in India, [4] [5] graduating from the Calcutta Dental College and Hospital (later the Dr R. Ahmed Dental College) with her Licentiate in Dental Science on 30 March 1928, [6] [7] five years after the only known earlier female candidate Fatima Ali Jinnah, who qualified in 1923 from the same College, [4] and sixteen years before Vimla Sood, who qualified in dentistry from De'Montmorency College of Dentistry in Lahore in 1944. [4]
Solomon worked with Rafiuddin Ahmed on the Calcutta Dental Journal and started a dental clinic in the Chittarnjan Seva Sadan Hospital. She worked at the Dufferin Hospital in an honorary capacity. [8]
She was closely involved in Jewish causes, serving on the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) and welfare committees, the Calcutta Jewish Association and the multicultural Calcutta Women's Committee. [8] [9]
Tabitha Solomon had two sons and a daughter, Eric, Charles and Hebe. Avi is Charles' older son born in 1956. [10]
Tabitha Solomon | |
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![]() Tabitha Solomon, c. 1926.
[1] | |
Born | 15 November 1901 Calcutta |
Died | 30 July 1976 Calcutta |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Calcutta Dental College and Hospital |
Occupation | Dentist |
Medical career | |
Profession | Dentist |
Institutions |
Tabitha Solomon (born 1901) was one of the first women to qualify as a dentist in India, graduating from the Calcutta Dental College and Hospital in 1928. After graduation she started a dental clinic in the Chittarnjan Seva Sadan Hospital and worked at the Dufferin Hospital. A member of the Baghdadi Jewish community, she was closely involved in Jewish community causes.
Tabitha Solomon was born in 1901 [2] into the Baghdadi Jewish expatriate community in British India. [3] She was one of the first women to qualify as a dentist in India, [4] [5] graduating from the Calcutta Dental College and Hospital (later the Dr R. Ahmed Dental College) with her Licentiate in Dental Science on 30 March 1928, [6] [7] five years after the only known earlier female candidate Fatima Ali Jinnah, who qualified in 1923 from the same College, [4] and sixteen years before Vimla Sood, who qualified in dentistry from De'Montmorency College of Dentistry in Lahore in 1944. [4]
Solomon worked with Rafiuddin Ahmed on the Calcutta Dental Journal and started a dental clinic in the Chittarnjan Seva Sadan Hospital. She worked at the Dufferin Hospital in an honorary capacity. [8]
She was closely involved in Jewish causes, serving on the Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) and welfare committees, the Calcutta Jewish Association and the multicultural Calcutta Women's Committee. [8] [9]
Tabitha Solomon had two sons and a daughter, Eric, Charles and Hebe. Avi is Charles' older son born in 1956. [10]