Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1901-1919 (inclusive).
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932
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Walcott, (Harvard, A.B. 1858; Bowdoin, M.D. 1861) was chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Health from 1886 to 1916 and was president of Massachusetts General Hospital from 1910 to 1928. Following medical school he studied in Vienna and Berlin (1861-1863) and in Paris and London (1865-1866). He practiced in Cambridge, Mass. He had a long association with Harvard University in various administrative positions (Overseer, 1887 to 1890; Fellow, 1890-1927; and acting president, 1900 to 1901)....
