Kaloost Vartan
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1835
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| Born | Pacradooni Kaloost Vartan 1835 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1908 (aged 72–73) |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Spouse | Mary Anne Stewart |
| Children | 10 |
Pacradooni Kaloost Vartan (1835–1908) was a physician and missionary. He founded the Nazareth Hospital, the first missionary hospital in Ottoman Galilee.
Vartan was born in Constantinople, the son of a poor Armenian tailor, and attended the city's first American Presbyterian missionary school in Bebek. He joined the British army, serving in the Crimea as an interpreter, but after witnessing the dreadful inadequacies of battlefield medical facilities he resolved to become a surgeon.
After his initial Crimean experiences, Vartan traveled to Edinburgh where he trained as a doctor at Edinburgh [1] under the auspices of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society (EMMS). He married Mary Anne Stewart, a Scottish nurse, and immediately after the wedding he and his bride left for Palestine.[2]
