Agnew, Cornelius Rea, 1830-1888

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Dates:
Active 1875
Active 1888
Birth 1830-08-08
Death 1888-04-18

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Professor of eye and ear diseases at College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.

From the description of Letters, 1875-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421768

Cornelius Rea Agnew was born on 8 August 1830 in New York City. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1852, having as his preceptor John Kearny Rodgers. Agnew was a founder of the Ophthalmic Clinic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, and the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital of New York.

From the description of Cornelius Rea Andrew papers, 1857-1890. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14322514

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Professor of diseases of the eye and ear at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Agnew, a prominent New York ophthalmologist, also helped organize the eye and ear hospital in Manhattan. (Columbia B.A., 1849; M.D., 1852)

From the guide to the Cornelius Rea Agnew Papers, 1851-1924, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Professor of diseases of the eye and ear at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Agnew, a prominent New York ophthalmologist, also helped organize the eye and ear hospital in Manhattan. (Columbia B.A., 1849; M.D., 1852).

From the description of Cornelius Rea Agnew papers, 1851-1924. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 458423797

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Subjects:

  • Blacks
  • Deafness
  • Medical ethics
  • Eye
  • Hospitals
  • Hospitals
  • Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Seminole Indians
  • Seminole Indians
  • Seminole Indians
  • Vitreous Body
  • Hospitals
  • Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Seminole Indians
  • Seminole Indians

Occupations:

  • Educators
  • Ophthalmologists

Places:

  • Florida (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)

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