Streeter, Edward Clark, -1947

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Birth 1874
Death 1947
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Edward Clark Streeter was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 10, 1874. He received degrees from Yale University (A.B., 1898) and Northwestern University (M.D., 1901). Streeter studied in Europe and then practiced medicine in Chicago and Boston. He served in France during World War I and joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School (1921-1933). He also served as visiting professor of the history of medicine at Yale University (1929-1933). Streeter collected extensively in the fields of medical literature, weights and measures, and pharmaceutical objects. He died on July 17, 1947, in Stonington, Connecticut.

From the description of Edward Clark Streeter papers, 1914-1932 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702122686

Edward Clark Streeter was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 10, 1874. He received degrees from Yale University (A.B., 1898) and Northwestern University (M.D., 1901). Streeter studied in Europe and then practiced medicine in Chicago and Boston. He served in France during World War I and joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School (1921-1933). He also served as visiting professor of the history of medicine at Yale University (1929-1933). Streeter collected extensively in the fields of medical literature, weights and measures, and pharmaceutical objects. He died on July 17, 1947 in Stonington, Connecticut.

From the description of Streeter collection of weights and measures, 2900 B.C.-1930 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703669625

From the description of Streeter collection of weights and measures, 2900 B.C.-1930 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169586

Edward Clark Streeter was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 10, 1874. He received degrees from Yale University (A.B., 1898) and Northwestern University (M.D., 1901). Streeter studied in Europe and then practiced medicine in Chicago and Boston. He served in France during World War I and joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School (1921-1933). He also served as visiting professor of the history of medicine at Yale University (1929-1933). Streeter collected extensively in the fields of medical literature, weights and measures, and pharmaceutical objects. He died on July 17, 1947 in Stonington, Connecticut.

Edward Clark Street was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 10, 1874. After receiving his B.A. from Yale University in 1898, he returned to Illinois where he completed medical school at Northwestern University (M.D. 1901). Following additional training in Europe, Streeter practiced medicine in Chicago and Boston. During World War I, Streeter served in France. He joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in 1921 and continued there until 1933. He also served as visiting professor of the history of medicine at Yale University from 1929 until 1933. Streeter collected extensively in the fields of medical literature, weights and measures, and pharmaceutical objects. He donated his collection to the Yale Medical Library in conjunction with the library's opening in 1941 and served as the collection's first curator. He continued to donate materials to the collection until his death on July 17, 1947, in Stonington, Connecticut.

From the guide to the Edward Clark Streeter Papers, 1914-1932, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Book collecting
  • Length measurement
  • Libraries, Medical
  • Measuring instruments
  • Medicine
  • Mensuration
  • Scales (Weighing instruments)
  • Time measurements
  • Weights and measures
  • Weights and measures, Ancient

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