Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896

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Dates:
Birth 1825
Death 1896

Biographical notes:

Dr. Joseph Meredith Toner, 1825-1896; practicing physician of Washington, D.C.; president of American Medical Association and American Public Health Association; medical historian; active in literary, research, and historical societies in the District of Columbia; collector of a large library.

From the description of Letter to Dr. Joseph M. Toner from Sister Mary Ambrose, Dec. 31, 1878. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 650087752

Physician, author, and collector.

From the description of Papers of Joseph M. Toner, 1741-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384997

Joseph M. Toner was a Washington D.C. medical doctor, book collector, and medical historian.

From the description of Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, newspaper clippings, 1816-1895 (bulk 1833-1895). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 62409212

Biographical Note

1825, Apr. 30 Born, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1850 M.D., Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, Vt. 1850 1855 Medical practice, Summit and Pittsburgh, Pa., and Harper's Ferry, Va. 1853 M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. 1855 1869 Practiced medicine, Washington, D.C. 1862 1896 Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia 1864 1896 Member, American Medical Association 1868 Toner's resolution urging the American Medical Association to form its own library was adopted 1873 Elected president of American Medical Association 1874 1896 Member, Washington Literary Society, Washington, D.C. 1874 Elected president of American Public Health Association 1876 Served as one of the vice presidents of the Centennial International Medical Congress, Philadelphia, Pa. 1882 Presented to the Library of Congress more than 28,000 books, 12,000 pamphlets and periodicals, and a large collection of manuscripts and transcripts which he continued to augment until his death in 1896 1886 1887 President, Medical Association of the District of Columbia 1887 Registrar and vice-president, Ninth International Medical Congress, Washington, D.C. 1894 Elected president of the District of Columbia Historical Society 1896, July 30 Died, Cresson Springs, Pa.; interred at Derry, Pa.

From the guide to the Joseph Meredith Toner Collection of Manuscripts, 1741-1896, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture
  • American newspapers
  • Church architecture
  • Dissertations, Academic
  • District of columbia
  • Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, Pa., 1758
  • History of Medicine
  • Journalism
  • Lectures, Popular
  • Literature
  • Manuscript maps
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Meteorology
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • Natural history
  • Periodical editors
  • Physicians
  • Physicians
  • Real property
  • Research
  • Sanitation
  • Scientific organizations
  • Scientific publications
  • Smithsonian Board Of Regents
  • Smithsonian Building
  • Smithsonian Exchange
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Library
  • Smithsonian Publications
  • Smithsonian Weather Service

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Collector
  • Physicians

Places:

  • Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)

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