Fred Shepard was an American physician who witnessed the Armenian Genocide. Due to his relief efforts, Shepard is known to have saved many lives during the genocide. He was especially known for trying to dissuade Turkish politicians from deporting the Armenians.
Fred Douglas Shepard was born in Ellenburg, New York onSeptember 1855. He received his early education at Franklin Academy, continuing at Cornell University and then in the University of Michigan, graduating with a medical degree in 1881.
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