Henry Pickering Walcott

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Henry Pickering Walcott (born December 23, 1838 in Hopkinton , Massachusetts , † November 11, 1932 ) was an American doctor and high health official in Massachusetts.

Walcott was the son of a respected lawyer and attended Salem Latin School and Harvard College (graduated in 1858). In 1861 he obtained a medical degree ( MD ) from Bowdoin College and then studied in Berlin and Vienna. From 1862 he practiced in Cambridge , Massachusetts . Since 1865 he was married to Charlotte Elizabeth, the couple had two sons. From 1881 Henry Pickering Walcott belonged to the state board of helath , from 1886 he was its head. 1900/1901 and 1905 he was executive president of Harvard University.

Walcott did a lot for the water and sewer systems of Boston and the health of Massachusetts in general , especially for the eradication of malaria there .

Walcott was president of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in 1896 and of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1904 . In 1889 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , of which he was president from 1915 to 1917. In 1907 he received an honorary doctorate from Yale University , and in 1927 from Harvard University .

literature

  • Walcott, Henry Pickering. In: The National Cyclopaedia of American biography. 1898.
  • Walcott, Henry Pickering. In: Who's Who in America. 1908/09.
  • Walcott, Dr. H (enry) P (ickering). In: American men of science. 5th edition, 1933.

Individual evidence

  1. Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter W. (PDF; 852 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved June 30, 2018 .
  2. ^ Past Presidents. American Academy of Arts and Sciences , accessed September 10, 2019 .