Edsall, David Linn, 1869-1945

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Edsall (1869-1945) (University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1893) was dean of the Harvard Medical School from 1918 to 1935 and dean of the Harvard School of Public Health from its beginnings in 1921 to 1935. Following graduation from medical school, he worked for four years in a hospital laboratory, then began teaching at University of Pennsylvania (1899-1911) and Washington University in St. Louis (1911-1912); he came to Harvard as the Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine (1912-1923). His deanship, in the era following the Flexner report, emphasized reorganization of hospital relations, expansion of laboratories, and development of public health programs. Edsall's own combination of clinical work and laboratory training made him sympathetic to increasing the role of quantitative science in the curriculum and encouraging independent faculty research activities.

From the description of Papers of David Linn Edsall, ca. 1881-ca. 1964 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281433350

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referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1918-1974. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Roscoe Pound Papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894 Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard School of Dental Medicine Photographs, ca. 1868-1969. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Harvard Medical School. Office of the Dean. Subject files, 1899-1953 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Edsall, David Linn, 1869-1945. Papers of David Linn Edsall, ca. 1881-ca. 1964 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Aub, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), 1890-. Papers, 1918-1974. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Lucien Howe papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive), 1907-1931 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard School of Dental Medicine Photographs, ca. 1868-1969: Finding Aid. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Clubs and Associations Photographs, 1855-1977. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
referencedIn La Piana, George, 1879-1971. Papers, 1878-1972. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Harvard School of Public Health. Records of the Harvard School of Public Health, 1913-1976 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Hench, Philip S., 1896-1965. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection, 1806-1995, bulk 1863-1974 Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
referencedIn Lucien Howe papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive), 1907-1931 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Means, James Howard, 1885-1967. Papers of James Howard Means, 1914-1965 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Clubs and Associations Photographs, ca. 1855-1977. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Edsall, David Linn, 1869-1945. Papers of David Linn Edsall, ca. 1881-ca. 1964 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
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associatedWith Association of American Medical Colleges. corporateBody
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associatedWith Aub, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), 1890- person
associatedWith Carter, Henry Rose, 1852-1925 person
associatedWith Christian, Henry A. (Henry Asbury), 1876-1951. person
associatedWith Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. person
associatedWith Edsall, David Linn, 1869- person
associatedWith Edsall family. family
associatedWith Edsall, Margaret Harding Tileston, 1867-1912. person
associatedWith Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959. person
associatedWith Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine. corporateBody
associatedWith General Education Board (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- person
associatedWith Harvard Medical School corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard Medical School. Office of the Dean. corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard School of Public Health corporateBody
associatedWith Hench, Philip S. (Philip Showalter), 1896-1965 person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 person
correspondedWith Howe, Lucien, 1848-1928 person
associatedWith Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950 person
associatedWith La Piana, George, 1879-1971 person
associatedWith Lazear, Jesse William, 1866-1900 person
associatedWith Locke, Edwin Allen, 1874-1971. person
associatedWith Massachusetts General Hospital. corporateBody
associatedWith Means, James Howard, 1885-1967. person
associatedWith National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians. corporateBody
associatedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964 person
associatedWith Reed, Walter, 1851-1902 person
associatedWith Rockefeller Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Tileston family. family
associatedWith United States. Army corporateBody
associatedWith United States. National Resources Planning Board. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine. corporateBody
associatedWith Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Medical School. corporateBody
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Birth 1869-07-06

Death 1945

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