John Rathbone Oliver
John Rathbone Oliver (born January 4, 1872 in Albany , † January 21, 1943 in Waverley, Massachusetts ) was an American psychiatrist, medical historian and clergyman.
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John Rathbone Oliver was born as the eldest of four children of Brigade General Robert Shaw Oliver (1847-1935) and his wife Marion Rathbone, daughter of General John F. Rathbone. He received his primary school education at the Albany Boy's Academy. At the age of 13 he moved to the «St. Paul's School in Concord , New Hampshire . This boarding school was with the Episcopal Church of the United States of Americaconnected. After graduating from school, he was able to improve his language skills in German and French in an 18-month stay abroad in Europe. He then studied from 1890 at Harvard and graduated there in 1894 with a master's degree. From 1894 to 1896 he was an assistant teacher in the «St. Paul's School »and in 1896 he went on a trip around the world with one of his students. He then entered the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York , where he completed his studies in 1900. After ordination , he went to St. Mark's in Philadelphia and in 1903 became the curate of St. Peter's in Albany .
In 1904 he moved to Innsbruck , where he studied medicine and graduated in 1910 with a medical doctorate. From 1914 to 1915 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army. After a heart attack, he left the Austrian army and returned to the USA. He recovered quickly. In 1917 he applied for a position in the US Army Medical Corps. He was rejected.
Oliver returned to the priesthood and trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the field of psychiatry, especially forensic psychiatry . From 1917 to 1930 he filled the newly created post of chief physician at the Supreme Court in Baltimore . He received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1927. From 1927 to 1938 he was professor of the history of medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland , from 1930 to 1940 freelance work ("Associate") at the Institute for the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
literature
- John C. Crantz. John Rathbone Oliver 1872-1943 . In: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Volume 14 (1943), pp. 217-228 (with detailed bibliography)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rathbone Oliver, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychiatrist, medical historian, and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albany |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1943 |
| Place of death | Waverley, Massachusetts |