Ruth Pfau
German-Pakistani physician and Catholic nun (1929-2017) · Germany · On the map · Doctors · Died at 87
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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2017Died10 August 20172015Staufer MedalAward2014Klaus Hemmerle AwardAward2012Bambi AwardAward2010Order of the Great LeaderAward2005Marion Dönhoff AwardAward2004Albert Schweitzer prizeAward2003Itzel AwardAwardJinnah AwardAward2002Ramon Magsaysay AwardAward1989Hilal-e-PakistanAward1988Honorary CitizenshipAward1985Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1969Commander of the Order of the Great LeaderAwardOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1929Born9 September 1929
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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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Lived 1929 to 2017 · aged 87
