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Ruth Pfau

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German-Pakistani physician and Catholic nun (1929-2017)

GermanyWritersLived 1929 to 2017 · aged 87
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Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM 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.

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2015Staufer Medal
2014Klaus Hemmerle Award
2014honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
2012Bambi Award
2010Order of the Great Leader
2005Marion Dönhoff Award
2004Albert Schweitzer prize
2004honorary doctorate
2003Itzel Award
2003Jinnah Award
2002Ramon Magsaysay Award
1991Damien-Dutton Award
1989Hilal-e-Pakistan
1988honorary citizenship
1985Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1979Hilal-i-Imtiaz
1969Commander of the Order of the Great Leader
1969Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM 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.

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Germany
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2017 · aged 87
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