Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper was born on August 21, 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John A., Junior (Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Laws), and Sarah Stokes (Wayne) Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1896, Doctor of Medicine 1900.
Education
Surgeon, out-patient department, 1903-1913, associate surgeon, 1913-1915, surgeon, since 1915, Episcopal Hospital. Surgeon to Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital. Prosector applied anatomy, 1904-1911. instructor surgery, 1911-1918, associate in surgery, 1919-1923, professor clinical surgery, since 1923, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Major Medical Roman Catholic, 1917, colonel, 1918.
Director Base Hospital 34, American Expeditionary Force, France.
Career
Major Medical; director Base Hospital 34, American Expeditionary Force, France.