Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932

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Walcott, (Harvard, A.B. 1858; Bowdoin, M.D. 1861) was chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Health from 1886 to 1916 and was president of Massachusetts General Hospital from 1910 to 1928. Following medical school he studied in Vienna and Berlin (1861-1863) and in Paris and London (1865-1866). He practiced in Cambridge, Mass. He had a long association with Harvard University in various administrative positions (Overseer, 1887 to 1890; Fellow, 1890-1927; and acting president, 1900 to 1901).

From the description of Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1861-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281435131

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creatorOf Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. Letter to Henry Pickering Walcott, 1897 July 29. Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
creatorOf Walcott family. Walcott family papers, 1806-1862. Library of Congress
creatorOf Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932. Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1901-1919 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Records of the Cambridge Scientific Club, 1842-1985, bulk dates 1846-1945. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Putnam, Frederic Ward, 1839-1915. Papers, 1807-1971 (bulk: 1855-1935) Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Shattuck, Frederick Cheever, 1847-1929. Papers, 1869-1929. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Walcott, Robert, 1974-1956,. Robert Walcott photographs, 1864-1895. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Correspondence and other documents of Fellow Henry Pickering Walcott, 1882-1923 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Goodwin, William Watson, 1831-1912. Papers of William Watson Goodwin, 1853-1929 (inclusive), 1879-1911 (bulk). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Records of Fellow Pickering Walcott, 1882-1923 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
creatorOf Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932. Autograph letter signed Henry P. Walcott to "Dear Professor Palmer" June 6, 1911. Wellesley College
creatorOf Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932. Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1861-1927 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Charles Eliot Norton papers Houghton Library
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associatedWith Cambridge Scientific Club. corporateBody
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
associatedWith Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. person
correspondedWith Frederic Ward Putnam, 1813-1915 person
associatedWith Goodwin, William Watson, 1831-1912. person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard University. Corporation. corporateBody
correspondedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
associatedWith Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Health. corporateBody
associatedWith Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 person
associatedWith Palmer, George Herbert, 1842-1933. person
associatedWith Shattuck, Frederick Cheever, 1847-1929. person
correspondedWith Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 person
associatedWith Walcott family. family
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Birth 1838-12-23

Death 1932-11-11

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