Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969

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Birth 1878-05-24
Death 1969-10-05

Biographical notes:

Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States devoted primarily to the investigation of disease. Cole's medical research centered on problems relating to immunity to diseases of the respiratory system, particularly pneumonia

From the guide to the Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966, 1900-1966, (American Philosophical Society)

Ordained Baptist minister, central figure in conflict between fundamentalists and liberal forces in American Protestantism, spent 16 years as minister at Riverside Church. Master preacher, liberal thinker, author of 47 books.

From the description of Harry Emerson Fosdick letter to Mrs. Hoadley [manuscript], 1943 June 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 271639384

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Subjects:

  • Authors, American
  • Calligraphy
  • Calligraphy
  • History
  • Hospitals
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts
  • Initials
  • Medicine
  • Sermons, American
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)

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