Tabitha Solomon
Indian pioneer dentist
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Tabitha Solomon (1901-1976) 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 | |
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Tabitha Solomon, c. 1926.[1] | |
| Born | 15 November 1901 Calcutta |
| Died | 30 July 1976 (aged 74) Calcutta |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | Calcutta Dental College and Hospital |
| Occupation | Dentist |
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| Profession | Dentist |
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Early life and education
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]
Career
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]
Personal life
Tabitha Solomon had two sons and a daughter, Eric, Charles and Hebe. Avi is Charles' older son born in 1956.[10]