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'''Dr John Berry White''' (born 1833/34 ; died 1896) was a British [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]] and retired [[brigadier]] of the [[British Army]], and later the civil surgeon of the [[wiktionary:erstwhile|erstwhile]] [[Lakhimpur district]] in 1870.<ref>{{Cite web|title = An extraordinary pioneer|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120625/jsp/northeast/story_15653832.jsp|website = The Telegraph|accessdate = 2015-11-01}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Northeast {{!}} Medical museum to rise from ruins|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100616/jsp/northeast/story_12546447.jsp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Assam Tribune Online |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1712/at08 |website=www.assamtribune.com |accessdate=2015-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145026/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1712%2Fat08 |archivedate=2015-12-08 }}</ref>

== Life and career ==
In 1857, White was commissioned as an assistant [[surgeon]] under the [[East India Company]] and was posted in [[Upper Assam]], where he arrived in 1858 at the age of 24. He served the Upper Assam areas in various capacities for 24 years and rose to the position of Civil Surgeon of the then Lakhimpur district. He is considered the pioneer of health education and health care in [[Assam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assam.gov.in/web/hfwd/medical-college|title=Medical College - Government of Assam, India|website=assam.gov.in|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref>

He donated his personal savings of [[Indian rupee|Rs]]50,000 to set up a medical institution in [[Dibrugarh]], but it was only after his retirement and death in 1896 that his admirers took up his dream. The end result was the Berry White Medical School (BWMS), now known as the [[Assam Medical College]] at [[Dibrugarh]].<ref name=":0" /> The old building where the Berry Medical School was founded has been given a historical tag and is being maintained as a historical monument.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130418/jsp/northeast/story_16766229.jsp|title=Heritage tag for British-era AMCH structure|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar2910/state06|title=The Assam Tribune Online|website=www.assamtribune.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208151011/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar2910%2Fstate06|archivedate=2015-12-08|url-status=dead|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref>

White was the member of the medical board for tea garden communities at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Osmania History|url = http://omcalumni.org/index.php/osmania-history|website = omcalumni.org|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref> He also held a 25% interest in the newspaper publication company ''The Times of Assam''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzjyHi4LEQAC|title=Urban History of India: A Case Study|last=Barua|first=Deepali|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170995388|language=en}}</ref>

White died on 19 November 1896, in [[London]], and the BWMS came into reality in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Assam Tribune Online |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jun1012/city07 |website=www.assamtribune.com |accessdate=2015-11-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208163952/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jun1012%2Fcity07 |archivedate=2015-12-08 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Tea City of North East|url = http://dibrugarh.nic.in/amc.htm|website = dibrugarh.nic.in|accessdate = 2015-11-30|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033452/http://dibrugarh.nic.in/amc.htm|archive-date = 2016-03-04|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh - Assam. |url=http://iiic.skg.in/obsgyne/amch.html |website=iiic.skg.in |accessdate=2015-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208170247/http://iiic.skg.in/obsgyne/amch.html |archivedate=2015-12-08 }}</ref>

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