Clement Ligoure | |
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![]() Ligoure in 1913 | |
Born | San Fernando, Trinidad, British West Indies | 13 October 1887
Died | 23 May 1922 Port of Spain, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies | (aged 34)
Education | Queen's University |
Occupation | Doctor of Medicine |
Spouse | Vivian E. Haynes |
Clement Courtenay Ligoure (13 October 1887 – 23 May 1922)[1] was a Trinidadian doctor and newspaper publisher who was the first Black physician to practise in Nova Scotia, Canada.[2] He is also noted for treating hundreds of victims of the Halifax Explosion from his home clinic as well as being an editor and publisher of The Atlantic Advocate newspaper.[3]