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Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

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English physicist and chemist. From the guide to the Michael Faraday letter, 1867 May 1, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English chemist and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Royal Institution, to Benjamin Dockray, 1856 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607104668 Chemist, physicist. From the description of Michael Faraday letter, 1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010683 Engli...

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

McDowell, Ephraim, 1771-1830

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Gaillard, E. S. (Edwin Samuel), 1827-1885

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American surgeon and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Major Melton, 1862 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269580926 ...

Holley, Horace, 1781-1827

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Flint, Austin, 1812-1886

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Born in Petersham, Mass. Graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1833; practiced medicine in Massachusetts, then moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1836. A founder of the Buffalo Medical College and the Buffalo Medical Journal. Appointed professor of medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in 1861. From the description of Letter : Buffalo, to My dear Doctor, 1856. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57196432 Physician of New York. From th...

Liston, Robert, 1794-1847

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Scottish surgeon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Edinburgh], to "Dear Nasmyth", 1816 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590577 Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon and son of the Scottish minister and inventor Henry Liston. Liston received his education at the University of Edinburgh. From the description of Prescription by Robert Liston, 1827, March 13. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id:...

Watkins, Samuel, 1794-1880.

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Transylvania University. Medical Dept.

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Preston, William, 1816-1887

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Lawyer, soldier, Kentucky Whig legislator and congressman; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1858-1860; Confederate general; and Confederate Minister to Mexico. From the description of Letter, 12 Nov. 1858. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49299916 U.S. representative from Kentucky. From the description of Autograph : Washington, 1852 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618973 U.S. representative of Kentucky, C.S.A. diplomat, and army o...

Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900

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Lewis Albert Sayre was born on February 29, 1820 in Bottle Hill (now Madison), New Jersey. After graduating from Transylvania University in 1839 and considering entering the ministry, Sayre began to study medicine. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now part of Columbia University) in New York in 1842 and became an orthopedic surgeon. In 1859 he was appointed surgeon to the Bellevue Hospital and in 1861 was one of the principal founders of the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col...

Lister, J.J. (Joseph Jackson), 1786-1869

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Epithet: zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000216 Epithet: of Add MS 37185 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000119 Joseph Jackson Lister, who was the father of Lord Lister, was the discoverer of the law of aplanatic foci in microscopic objectives, the principle upon which modern microscopes are constru...

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894

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James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armistead (Barron) Hope (1791-1862). James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was the commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Annie Beverley Whiting (1825-1920) in 1857. The couple had two daughters, Jane ("Janey" or "Jennie") Barron Hope (b. 1859?) and Ann ("Nanny") Hope. James Barron Hope i...

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

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Lawyer and Confederate general. From the description of Letter, 1850 Aug. 31. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324064 Taylor, Richard (27 Jan. 1826-12 Apr. 1879), Louisiana Democratic party leader, and Confederate general, was born at the Taylor family home, "Springfield," near Louisville, Kentucky, the only son of Zachary Taylor, professional army officer and president, and Margaret Mackall Smith... As a delegate from Louisiana to the 186...

McMurtry, L. S. (Lewis Samuel), 1850-1924

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Doctor of Danville, Ky., chairman of the Ephraim McDowell Monument Committee. From the description of Lewis Samuel McMurtry : papers, 1872-1880. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49252967 ...

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

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Roger Taney was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1853. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191048726 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to J. Kennedy Furlong, 1855 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574484 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to M. St. Clair Clarke, 1842 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Thomasson, William Poindexter, 1797-1882

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Walnut Street Presbyterian Church (Louisville, Ky.)

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Pirtle, James S. (James Speed), 1840-1919

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Guthrie, James, 1792-1869

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James Guthrie (1792-1869) of Louisville, Ky., was president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; secretary of the United States Treasury, 1853-1857; member of the Peace Convention of 1861; and United States senator from Kentucky, 1865-1868. From the guide to the James Guthrie Letters, ., 1857-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) American lawyer and politican; Secretary of Treasury. From the description...

Wells, Spencer, 1818-1897

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Scott, Preston Brown, 1832-1900.

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Short, Charles Wilkins, 1794-1863

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Kentucky physician, medical professor, and botanist. From the description of Charles Wilkins Short : papers, 1811-1869. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49337602 Biographical note: Charles Wilkins Short was born in Woodford County, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor's degree from Transylvania University in 1811 and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where he developed an interest in botany. In 1825 he joined the faculty of the medical departm...

Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873

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Confederate brigadier general, from Selma (Dallas Co.), Ala. From the description of Papers, 1863-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657442 Confederate general. From the description of Official report of the battle of Perryville, 1862 Dec. 1. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49253061 Confederate lieutenant general; served in Mexican War; commanded cadets, West Point, 1856-1861; author of book of military tactics. ...

Cowling, Richard Oswald, 1839-1881

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Roberts, William Owen, 1848-1921.

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Yandell family.

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Kentucky and Tenn. family of physicians. From the description of Yandell family added papers, 1837-1919. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479568 ...

Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853

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Physician. He developed Transylvania University's medical school into one of the nation's strongest and was co-founder of the Louisville Medical Institute. From the description of Letter, 1820 Dec. 9. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46763925 Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : to James Ewell, 1816 Aug. 13. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122490275 Surgeon and professor of medicine. ...

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...

Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

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Journalist, author, and politician. From the description of Papers of Henry Watterson, 1857-1983, (bulk 1882-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071676 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, KY, to Hon. D. A. Wells, 1887 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660897 Watterson was the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From the description of Autograph letters signed from Henry Watters...

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

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Benjamin Silliman was a chemist and naturalist, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1805. From the description of Correspondence, 1808-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466220 Physician and chemist of New Haven, Connecticut. From the description of Note, 1853, Sept. 28 : New Haven, Connecticut, to Isaac Waldron. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359361 Educator and scientist. From the description of Papers of...

Avery, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1801-1885.

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Louisville Medical College

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Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914

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Simon Bolivar Buckner, governor of Kentucky during 1887-91, was born near Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1823, to Aytell Hartswell and Elizabeth Ann Buckner. He entered West Point in 1840 and saw active duty in the Mexican War after graduation. He later became head of Kentucky's state militia, then joined the Confederate Army as brigadier general at the start of the Civil War. After the war, Buckner was a journalist and businessman in New Orleans until he was allowed to return to Kentucky in 1868. I...

Barker, Fordyce, 1819-1891

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U. S. obstetrician and gynecologist. From the description of Fordyce Barker papers, 1856-1891, New York City. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34837862 ...

Paget, James, Sir, 1814-1899

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British surgeon and physiologist. From the description of Papers, 1880-1898. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31716044 English surgeon. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 21 September 1872, to an unidentified recipient, 1872 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674194 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 1 Harewood Place, Hanover Square [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...

Yandell, David Wendel, 1826-1898

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Van Buren, W. H. (William Holme), 1819-1883

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Yandell, Lunsford P. (Lunsford Pitts), 1805-1878

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Knott, J. Proctor (James Proctor), 1830-1911

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Kentucky governor, 1883-1887, and U.S. congressman. From the description of J. Proctor Knott : miscellaneous papers, 1869-1908. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46612691 From the description of Speeches. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46612755 ...

Adams, William B. (William Biddle), 1832-1909.

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Bartlett, Elisha, 1804-1855

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New England physician. From the description of Elisha Bartlett letters, 1839-1841. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34837883 Elisha Bartlett was a physician, professor of medicine, and author. He lectured at various medical schools including Transylvania University and the University of Louisville. Bartlett was a leading authority on typhoid fever. He was also the first mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts. From the description of Elisha Bartlett papers, 1821-193...

Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852

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Scientist and physician; founder of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. From the description of Daniel Drake letter to Charles D. Meigs [manuscript], 1847 June 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 505834256 Biographical note: Daniel Drake received his early medical training in Cincinnati, Ohio as an apprentice of Dr. William Goforth and engaged in practice in that city. After studying medicine formally at the University of Pennsylvania (1805, 1816)...

Fotherfill, John Milner, 1841-1888.

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Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1805-1884

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Joseph Carson papers, 1810-1877, 1810-1877, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884

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Joseph J. Woodward (1833-1884) was a surgeon in U.S. Army Medical Department. He is considered a pioneer in the field of microscopic photography. Woodward was among the surgeons attending President James Garfield after he was shot by Charles Guiteau. From the guide to the Official medical bulletins relating to the health of U.S. President James Garfield, 1881, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) Physician, head of the Army Medical Museum's Medical an...

Davie, George Montgomery, 1848-1900.

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Yandell, Lunsford P. (Lunsford Pitts), 1837-1884.

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Romanes, George John, 1848-1894

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George John Romanes,(1848–1894), and John Thomas Gulick,(1832-1923),were both evolutionary biologists. From the guide to the John Thomas Gulick correspondence with George J. Romanes, 1887-1893, 1887-1893, (American Philosophical Society) English biologist and scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Prof. Knight, [18]73 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657248 ...