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Laing (née Creighton), Anna, 1898-1997
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Born on June 29, 1898, author and ophthalmologist Anna St. Claire Creighton graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1922. After internships at Halifax Children's Hospital and Saint John General Hospital, she practiced at Dubuque, Iowa and then as an ophthalmology intern and resident at Bellevue Hospital in New York. She also taught at the University of Rochester in addition to working at private practices in both New York and Amityville. One of the few early female practitioners in her field, she received an honorary doctorate from Dalhousie University in 1985. Anna Creighton is also the author of My Father's Reply, an autobiography. She married James R. Laing (Roy) and had two children, Frederick and Ian. Anna died on February 28, 1997.