Van Derveer, Henry

Physician; born in Hyde Park, New York, August 22, 1827; graduated from Rutgers College, 1847; studied medicine under his uncle H[enry?] H.; graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, 1851; licensed by the Medical Society of New Jersey, 1852; moved to Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, after practicing for one year in "Raysville," Somerset County; served as assistant surgeon (later surgeon) in the 5th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, 1862-1864; resumed his practice in Somerville; died, May 16, 1885. Full name: Henry Ferdinand Van Derveer.

From the description of Papers, 1848-1885 (inclusive) 1862-1864 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122299975

Henry Van Derveer or Vanderveer, was born in 1791, in Roycefield, Somerset County, N.J., the son of Lawrence Van Derveer, founder of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Van Derveer graduated from Princeton in 1811, and matriculated at the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1813-1815, but did not graduate. Returning home, Van Derveer set up practice in Roycefield and subsequently in Somerville. He was active in the medical societies of New Jersey, serving on the Board of Censors of the District Medical Society of Somerset County and presiding as President of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1836. Van Derveer married Mary Ann Frelinghuysen, eldest daughter of General John Frelinghuysen. On 13 Feb. 1874, Van Derveer died in Somerset County, N.J.

From the description of Notes from Doctor Chapmans's lectures on the materia medica, as delivered in the Pennsylvania University, [1814-1815?]. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122523671