Simons, T. Grange (Thomas Grange), 1843-1927

Charleston, South Carolina physician and educator.

From the description of Letter : Charleston, S.C., 1920 July 23. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144666

Physician and educator of Charleston, S.C.; superintendent of Roper Hospital and principal of the School for Nurses; often signed name as "T. Grange Simons."

From the description of Letters, 1879-1892. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33599340

Thomas Grange Simons was born in Charleston in 1843. He joined the Confederate Army during his junior year at the College of Charleston, and was wounded twice while serving. After the war, he attended the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, graduating in 1867. Dr. Simons went on to intern at Roper Hospital and was also a city dispensary physician. He was assistant professor of the practice of medicine and pathology at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, in addition to serving as the chair of materia medica. Dr. Simons traveled to Fernandina, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee to aid in the outbreaks of yellow fever in 1877-1878. Dr. Simons served as president of the Medical Society of South Carolina from 1890-1892. He was also active in the Charleston Widows and Orphans Society and the South Carolina Medical Association, and served as the chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Health. Dr. Simons felt a strong sense of civic duty, and worked most of his life to promote public health. In addition to the service he provided during the yellow fever epidemics, he was chairman of Charleston's Sewerage Commission, and was a member of the City Council of Charleston in 1893. Dr. Simons married Serena Aiken in 1879 and had five children. He died November 30, 1927.

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From the description of Thomas Grange Simons Letters Received. 1872-1892 (Medical University of South Carolina Library). WorldCat record id: 146054913