Levi Spear Burridge

Levi Spear Burridge (born July 15, 1829 in Painesville ( Ohio ), † November 28, 1887 in Cannes ) was an American-Jewish celebrity dentist .

Life

Levi was born to Samuel Burridge and his wife Hannah, nee Parmly. He studied dentistry at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery at the University of Maryland and graduated in 1850 as a DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery). He studied medicine at the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons (today: University of Maryland School of Medicine ), which he completed in 1851 as an MD (Doctor of Medicine). After two years of practice with his uncle Eleazar Parmly, he traveled to Rome . In 1855 he married Emma Frances Ogden and had a daughter (who died early) and two sons, Lee and Frank. Lee Burridge became an inventor and held over 60 patents, including making a name for himself in developing the typewriter . Levi retired in 1879 and has been commuting between Europe and the United States ever since. Levi died as a result of an accident in Cannes. His remains were transferred to New York and buried in Woodlawn Cemetery , one of the city's most prestigious burial sites. Many famous personalities from politics, business and art are buried there,

Dental activity

Levi Spear Burridge - along with Thomas W. Evans and Newell Sill Jenkins - was one of the most sought-after US dentists in Europe in the 19th century, practicing mainly in Italy , Austria-Hungary and France . Among other things, he was the dentist of Pope Pius IX. (1792–1878), King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II (1810–1859), his wife Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867) and (for four years) Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary (Sisi, 1837–1898) . The Rothschild family were not only among his patients, but also among his supporters. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) he worked as a doctor for the French Red Cross .

Awards (excerpt)

by Emperor Franz Joseph I.
1870 Knight of the Legion of Honor by Napoleon III.

Individual evidence

^ 11th Announcement 1950 , Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, p. 12. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
↑ Dentists from the USA very popular: the dentist Levi Spear Burridge (1829–1887), Zahnärztliche Mitteilungen , Issue 02 (2015) p. 53.
↑ Lee Burridge's Underwood 3 , Typewriter History: Honey, Lee Shrunk the Typewriter. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
↑ John Woodforde, The strange tale of false teeth , Publisher: Heinz Moos, Munich (1968) (original title: The Strange Story of False Teeth, translated by Anne Marie Leibbrand Wettley) S. 76th
↑ Lawrence Parmly Brown, Levi Spear Burridge , in: The greatest dental family , The Dental cosmos; a monthly record of dental science. Volume 65, Issue 5 (1923), pp. 487-488. Digitized . Retrieved April 11, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Burridge, Levi Spear
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American dentist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Painesville , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 1887
Place of death	Cannes

[1] 11th Announcement 1950 , Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, p. 12. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

[Burridge-2] Dentists from the USA very popular: the dentist Levi Spear Burridge (1829–1887), Zahnärztliche Mitteilungen , Issue 02 (2015) p. 53.

[3] Lee Burridge's Underwood 3 , Typewriter History: Honey, Lee Shrunk the Typewriter. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

[4] John Woodforde, The strange tale of false teeth , Publisher: Heinz Moos, Munich (1968) (original title: The Strange Story of False Teeth, translated by Anne Marie Leibbrand Wettley) S. 76th

[5] Lawrence Parmly Brown, Levi Spear Burridge , in: The greatest dental family , The Dental cosmos; a monthly record of dental science. Volume 65, Issue 5 (1923), pp. 487-488. Digitized . Retrieved April 11, 2017.