Ruth Pfau
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Key facts
- Born
- Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau , ( 1929-09-09 ) 9 September 1929, Leipzig , Weimar Republic
- Died
- 10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) (aged 87), Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan
- Resting place
- Gora Qabaristan, Karachi
- Monuments
- Dr. Ruth Pfau Hospital
- Alma mater
- University of Mainz
- Occupations
- Nun, physician, writer
- Organization
- Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre
- Notable work
- National Leprosy Control
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martha
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Leipzig
- Place of death
- Karachi
- Occupation
- nun
- Educated at
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- DrRuthPfauPakistan.jpg
- Residence
- Karachi
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- date of birth
- 1929-09-09
- influenced by
- Romano Guardini
- date of death
- 2017-08-10
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Gora Qabaristan, Karachi
- date of burial or cremation
- 2017-08-19
- birth name
- Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- name in native language
- Ruth Pfau
- described at URL
- www.spiegel.de/panorama/ruth-pfau-deutsche-lepra-aerztin-in-pakistan-gestorben-a-1162197.html
- Commons category
- Ruth Pfau
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Encyclopedic overview
Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM (Urdu: رتھ فاؤ; 9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German–Pakistani Catholic Christian religious sister and physician who was a member of the "Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary". She emigrated from Germany in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan. Pfau was honoured with Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam awards.
Pfau contributed to the establishment of 157 leprosy clinics across Pakistan that treated over 56,780 people. Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College and Dr. Ruth Pfau Hospital are named after her death in Karachi. She died in August 2017 and was buried with full state honours.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruth Pfau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.