Stillman, J. D. B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819-1888
Variant namesPhysician, of San Francisco, Calif.
From the description of Papers, 1849-1898. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420175
Stillman was a physician who came to Calif. from New York in 1849. He practiced medicine in Sacramento and then San Francisco, where he was involved in various aspects of public life. He also served as Leland Stanford's personal physician. Stillman conducted research for Eadweard Muybridge's animal locomotion studies, which were commissioned by Stanford. Stillman authored the resulting book, The Horse in Motion (1882), and assisted with its publication.
From the description of Jacob Davis Babcock Stillman papers, 1849-1898. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145415127
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| associatedWith | Clark, George C. | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, George T., 1862-1940. | person |
| associatedWith | Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. | person |
| associatedWith | Hubert Howe Bancroft collection. | person |
| associatedWith | Miles, Walter R. | person |
| associatedWith | Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. | person |
| associatedWith | Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. | person |
| correspondedWith | Stillman family | family |
| associatedWith | Stillman, Thomas. | person |
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| Animal locomotion |
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| Voyages to the Pacific coast |
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Birth 1819
Death 1888
