Samuel Baldwin Ward

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Samuel Baldwin Ward
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Born(1842-06-08)June 8, 1842
New York, New York
DiedJune 3, 1915(1915-06-03) (aged 72)
Albany, New York
Education
OccupationSurgeon
Spouse
Cornelia Augusta Wheeler
(m. 1871;died 1883)
Children3
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Samuel Baldwin Ward (June 8, 1842 - June 3, 1915) was a surgeon who operated in New York City and in Albany. He also published writings in the field of medicine, and was the Dean of Albany Medical College 1905-1914. [1]

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Biography

Samuel Baldwin Ward was born in New York City on June 8, 1842. [2] His parents were Lebbeus Baldwin Ward and Abby Dwight (Partridge) Ward. [3] Ward's medical degree was from Georgetown University School of Medicine (1864); his undergraduate degree was from Columbia University. [1] [4]

He was a consulting surgeon of the Western Dispensary for Women and Children. [2]

He married Cornelia Augusta Wheeler in 1871, and they had three children. [2] Their daughter, Anna Wheeler Ward, married Henry M. Sage October 29, 1895. The Sages, who together had two daughters, divorced in 1908.

Samuel Baldwin Ward died at his home in Albany, New York on June 3, 1915. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Samuel Baldwin Ward, M.D., Ph.D. Dean 1905-1914" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. I. James T. White & Company. 1893. pp. 245–246. Retrieved April 12, 2021 via Google Books.
  3. "Samuel Baldwin Ward Papers".
  4. "Biography of Samuel Baldwin Ward".
  5. "Dr. Samuel Baldwin Ward". Brooklyn Eagle . June 4, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved April 12, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Samuel Baldwin Ward (1875). Progress in Surgery. ISBN   978-0-2600-7070-8.
  7. "Newspapers press". Ward Samuel Baldwin author Medical Library and Journal Association of New York. Progress in surgery. 1875
  8. Samuel Baldwin Ward, Hun, Edward Reynolds