William Thompson Sedgwick Papers 1864-1922

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William Thompson Sedgwick Papers 1864-1922

Correspondence, research material, writings and biographical material collected by C.-E.A. Winslow for a biography of Sedgwick, published in 1924. The correspondence (1879-1921) is with students and colleagues on professional matters, and the fragmentary research material concerns bacteriological studies of milk. For additional Sedgwick correspondence, see the C.-E.A. Winslow papers, MS749. The writings include articles, lecture notes, reports and essays. Also in the papers is a lengthy tribute to Sedgwick by George C. Whipple. These papers form part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.

1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

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Sedgwick, W. T. (William Thompson), 1855-1921

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Biologist; taught chemistry, biology, public health at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1883-1921; biologist for Massachusetts Board of Health, 1888-1896; curator, Lowell Institute in Boston, 1897-1921; trustee and director of several health-related institutions; advisor to state and federal government. From the description of William Thompson Sedgwick papers, 1864-1922 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166869 Biologist; taught chemistry, biol...

Whipple, George Chandler, 1866-1924

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Whipple taught sanitary engineering at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Chandler Whipple, 1869-1924 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972929 ...

Winslow, C.-E. A. (Charles-Edward Amory), 1877-1957

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Charles-Edward Amory Winslow was born in 1877. He received degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1898 (B.S.) and 1899 (M.S.). He taught at the University of Chicago, the College of the City of New York, Columbia University, and Yale University. Winslow also served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Bacteriology (1916-1944), as a member of the American Red Cross Mission to Russia, as president of the American Public Health Association (1926), as editor of the Americ...