Dickson, Samuel Henry, 1798-1872

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Dates:
Birth 1798-09-20
Death 1872-03-31

Biographical notes:

Epithet: MD

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x0003e6

Physician and educator. Samuel Henry Dickson was born in Charleston, South Carolina and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1819. Dickson practiced in Charleston and became dean of the Medical College of South Carolina. In 1847 he moved to New York, and in 1857 he became a professor at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Nelson Mitchell, 1861 Jan. 24. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144201

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Subjects:

  • Banks and banking
  • Battles
  • Biography
  • Cowpens, Battle of, Cowpens, S.C., 1781
  • Medical education
  • Eulogies
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Money
  • Secession
  • Speech, addresses, etc

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  • South Carolina--Charleston (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Cowpens (as recorded)
  • Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)

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