Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 108

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751

USA > New York > New York City > Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed > Part 108

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

RINKER Archie T., Ph.B .:

Educator; graduated from the Univer- sity of Rochester, 1897; principal High School. Victor. N. Y., 1897-1899; Akron, N. Y., 1899-1903; member Rochester Acad- emy of Science. Address, Akron, N. Y.

RIORDAN, Daniel J .:

Democratic State senator, representing the Tenth Senate District; born New York City in 1872; attended public schools and in 1890 graduated from Manhattan College; then became partner with his father in real estate business; elected member of 56th Congress from the Eighth Congress District in 1898; elected State senator, 1902; in 1903 appointed member of following committees; insurance and military affairs. Address, New York City.

RITTERHAUS, John A .:

Vice and deputy consul; was born at Barmen April 27, 1839; emigrated to the United States in 1859; was naturalized in 1864; was engaged in business in New York for thirty years; appointed vice and deputy consul at Barmen, Germany, Dec. 1, 1899.

RIVES, Amelie (Princess Pierre Trou- betzkoy) :

Author; was born in Virginia, and is a granddaughter of William Cabell Rives, who was well known in American public life half a century ago, having been twice United States Minister to France, and a United States Senator for a number of years. Her first production in literature was a series of stories entitled "A Brother to Dragons," which was published in 1888. That was soon followed by "The Quick or the Dead," which brought her into prominence. Her later writings include "Virginia of Virginia," "The Witness of the Sun," "According to St. John," "Bar- bara Dering," "Athelwold," "Tanis," and "Herod and Mariamne," a tragedy in blank verse. In 1896 she married Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy. Address, Castle Hill, Cobham, Albemarle County, Va.

RIVES, George L .:

Lawyer; born New York, May 1, 1849; graduated from Columbia College, in 1868, and from Trinity College, Cam- bridge, England, in 1872. Returning to America, he entered the Columbia Law School, in 1873. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1874, and has continued to practice in the city since then. In 1900 was chosen president of the com- mission to revise the Greater New York Charter. The work which as president of that commission he carried out result- ed in the present new charter for New York City. Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, 1887-89. Trustee Co- lumbia College, 1882, and chairman of the board, 1902; trustee Astor Library, 1883- 1888; trustee Lenox Library, 1893-1895; trustee New York Public Library since 1895; member New York Rapid Transit Railroad Commission from 1896 to Dec. 31, 1901; president committee to revise charter of Greater New York, 1900; cor- poration counsel, New York, 1902-1903. Address, 14 West 38th St .; office, 32 Nas- sau St., New York.

RIVES, Hallie E .:

Author; born Christian County, Ky., 1874; on her father's side descended from Sir John Ryves, of Damory Court, Dorset- shire England, and on her mother's side is descended from John Tillotson, arch- bishop of Canterbury; is a cousin of Amelie, Princess Troubetsky. Author of "The Singing Wire"; "A Fool in Spots";

496

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

"Smoking Flax"; "Hearts Courageous," etc. Address, Care Bobbs-Merrill Com- pany, Temple Court, New York.

ROACH, George H .:

Major, U. S. Army, Infantry; born in New York. Appointed from New York, civil life. Private Company F, Twenty- sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Feb. 27, 1864; discharged July 20, 1865; second lieutenant, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1873; accepted Oct. 14, 1873; first lieutenant June 28, 1878; captain Feb. 4, 1893; served in Spanish-American War; major Twenty-eighth Infantry Feb. 2, 1901. Address 109 Bastable Building, Syracuse, N. Y.

ROBE, Charles F .:

Brigadier-general, U. S. Army; born in New York, Nov. 23, 1841. Appointed from Michigan. civil life. First lieuten- ant One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, Sept. 11, 1862; captain, Nov. 10, 1863; honorably mustered out March 11, 1864; captain Veteran Re- serve Corps, March 5, 1864; accepted March 5, 1864; honorably mustered out Sept. 7, 1866; first lieutenant Twenty- ninth U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; ac- cepted Oct. 31, 1866; unassigned April 25, 1869; assigned to Twenty-fifth Infantry Jan. 31, 1870; captain, Jan. 25, 1882; major Fourteenth Infantry, July 5, 1895; lieutenant-colonel Seventeenth Infantry, Sept. 16, 1898; served in Spanish-Ameri- can War; colonel Ninth Infantry, July 13, 1900. Address, First and Juniper Sts., San Diego, Cal.

ROBERT, Henry Martyn:

Brigadier-general U. S. Army; military engineer and author; born in Robertville, Beaufort District, S. C., May 2, 1837; en- tered U. S. Military Academy at West Point 1853, graduating 1857, in Corps of Engineers; served at West Point as act- ing assistant professor of mathematics (1856), and acting assistant professor of natural philosophy and astronomy and in practical military engineering (1857-58) ; on exploration from the Dalles of the Columbia to Salt Lake, Utah (1859); en- gineer in charge of defenses of San Juan Island during boundary difficulty with the English (1859); in charge of exploration of military route from Vancouver to Puget Sound via Toutle Lake (1860); on defenses of Washington (1861); in charge of defenses of Philadelphia (1861-62); and of New Bedford Mass. (1862-65); depart- ment of practical military engineering, and treasurer Military Academy (1865-67); chief engineer. military division of the Pacific (1867-71); in charge of defenses of Columbia river, Thirteenth Lighthouse District, and river and harbor improve- ments in Oregon and Washington ter- ritory (1871-73) : lighthouses on Lake Michigan (1874-75); various works of riv-

er and harbor improvement on Lake Mich- igan, Green bay and Lake Superior (1875- 83); defenses of Northern Frontier and various works of river and harbor im- provement on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain, and St. Lawrence river (1883- 85); Fourth Lighthouse District (1885) and defenses of Philadelphia, and vari- ous works of river and harbor improve- ment on Delaware river and bay and tributaries (1885-90); engineer commis- sioner, District of Columbia, and mem- ber of the Rock Creek National Park Commission (1890-91); in charge of var- ious river and harbor improvements on Tennessee, Cumberland and other rivers (1891-93); various river and harbor works on Long Island Sound and fortifications on Long Island Sound and New York harbor (1893-95); division engineer north- west division (1896-97); division engineer southwest division (1895 and 1897-1901); president of the board of engineers for fortifications, the New York harbor line board, the board for examination of of- ficers of U. S. Corps of engineers for promotion, and the board of visitors to U. S. Engineer School, 1895-1901; presi- dent of the Philadelphia Harbor Line board, 1894-1901. Besides these perma- nent boards, he was president of many special boards for designing river and harbor improvements in various parts of the United States, among them being: deep water harbor for northwest coast of Gulf of Mexico (Galveston being select- ed), 1889; Pensacola harbor, Fla., 1895- 99; harbor of refuge at Santa Monica bay, Cal., 1896; improvement at mouth. of Brazos river, Texas, 1896-97, and at Aransas Pass, Texas (Buffalo Bayou), 1897; new channel of entrance to New York harbor (40 feet deep and 2,000 feet wide), 1898; Southwest Pass of the Mis- sissippi river (35-foot channel), 1898-99. Brevet second lieutenant July 1, 1857; second lieutenant Dec. 13, 1858; first lieutenant Aug. 3, 1861; captain March. 3. 1863; major March 7, 1867; lieutenant colonel Jan. 10, 1883; colonel Feb. 3, 1895; brigadier-general, chief of engi- neers, U. S. A .. April 30, 1901; retired, May 2, 1901. Member board of engi- neers appointed by City of Galveston to design works to protect city from gulf storms. 1901-2. Author of "Rules of Order," a compendium of Parliamentary Law, 1876 (revised. 1893), and of "Index to the Reports of the chief of engi- neers, U. S. Army, on river and harbor improvements, from 1866 to 1887," two. volumes. 1881 and 1889. Address, Ha- worth, N. J.

ROBERTS, Charles George Douglas:

Author; born in Douglas, New Brun., Jan. 10, 1860; was graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1879, and received the degree of A. M. in 1880. He- was married, in 1880, to Mary I. Fenety.

497

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

Was head master of the Chatham Gram- mar School, 1879-81, and of the York Street School, Fredericton, 1881-83; editor of The Week, Toronto, 1883-84; professor of English and French literature King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1885-88; professor of English and economics in the same institution, 1888-95; associate editor Illustrated American, New York, 1897- 98. Author of "Orion and Other Poems," "In Divers Tones," Ave: "An Ode for the Shelley Centenary," "Songs of the Com- mon Day," "The Book of the Native," "New York Nocturnes," "The Book of the Rose," "The Canadians of Old," "Earth's Enigmas," "The Raid from Beauséjour," "A History of Canada," "The Forge in the Forest," "Around the Camp Fire," "Reube Dare's Shad Boat," "A Sister to Evangeline," 1898; "Appleton's Canadian Guide Book." 1890; "By the Marshes of Minas," 1900; "The Heart of the Ancient Wood," 1900; "Poems," collective edition, 1901; "The Kindred of the Wild," 1902; and "Barbara Ladd," 1902. Editor The Alastor and Adonais of Shelley (with in- troduction and notes), 1902. Address, 22 West 9th St., New York.

ROBERTS, Ellls H .:

Treasurer of the United States; born in Utica, N. Y., 1827; graduated from Yale in 1850; received degree of LL.D. from Hamilton College in 1869, and from Yale College in 1884. Was (1850-51) prin- cipal of Utica Free Academy, and teach- er of Latin in Utica Female Academy, and (1850-89) editor of the Utica Morn- ing Herald. Member of the New York Assembly, 1867; representative in Con- gress, 1871-75; assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, 1889-93; treasurer of the United States since 1897. Author of "Government Revenue" and "History of New York," and of address- es on financial topics before American Bankers' Association and other organiza- tions, and of articles in financial publi- cations. Address, 1313 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, D. C.

ROBERTS, George H., Jr .:

Postmaster of Brooklyn, N. Y .; was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1852; at the age of ten he went with his family to St. Louis and there received his early education. When fourteen years old he removed to Brooklyn, where, with the ex- ception of a year spent in study in Ger- many, at Dresden, he has ever since re- sided; before going to Germany he pur- sued a course of study at the Polytech- nic Institute. Returning to Brooklyn in 1873 he entered into the employ of Rob- erts & Collin, flour merchants, of New York, and years ago succeeded his uncle, George H. Roberts, as a member of the firm. For a number of years Mr. Rob- erts has been a member of the New York Produce Exchange; is a trustee of the Emmanuel Baptist Church. a charter member of the old Franklin Literary So-

ciety, and is prominently identified with Union League Club and Marine and Field Club. Was married in 1878 and has two children, a son, a sophomore at Yale, and a daughter, who was graduated from Vas- sar. In politics he has always been a Republican; was a delegate to the St. Louis and Philadelphia Conventions which nominated Mckinley, and before going on that fatal visit to Buffalo, the mar- tyred President had promised, not only on the score of party service, but also on that of personal friendship, to appoint Mr. Roberts to the postmastership. He was appointed by President Roosevelt and his nomination readily confirmed by the Senate in Dec., 1901. At the time of his appointment Mr. Roberts was chairman of the Republican City Committee of the Greater New York, a position which he has since resigned. Address, Post Office, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ROBERTS, H. E .:

Insurance journalist; was born at El- dridge, N. Y., May 25, 1861; after a high school education he entered the house of Marshall, Field & Co., at Chicago; came to New York to represent the Chicago. Investigator, and had charge of its New York office four years. After one year's experience as business manager for the Philadelphia Insurance Advocate became half owner of the Surveyor of New York and a member of the firm of Hall & Rob- erts, who are its editors and publishers. Removed to Philadelphia, 1903. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.

ROBINSON, A. R., M.D .:

Born in Canada, 1845; M. D., Bellevue, 1868; M. B., Toronto University, 1869; L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.R., Edinburgh, 1870. Professor of dermatology in New York Polyclinic: formerly professor of histology and pathological anatomy in the Woman's Medical College of the New York In- firmary. Member of the New York Dermatological Society, of the American Dermatological Association; foreign cor- responding member of the Société Fran- caise de Dermatologie et de Syphili- graphie, etc .; president of the section of dermatology and syphilography of the Ninth International Medical Congress, Washington, 1877. Author of "Manual of Dermatology" and "The Treatment of Cutaneous Cancers." Address, 159 West 49th St., New York.

ROBINSON, Beverley, M.D .:

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 22, 1844; A. B., University of Pennsylvania, 1863; M. D., University of Paris, 1872; visiting physician to St. Luke's Hospital; consulting physician to Charity Hospital; formerly surgeon to the Manhattan Eye" and Ear Hospital; professor of clinical medicine at the Bellevue University Med- ical College; member of the County Medi -- cal Society, the Practitioners Society,.

498

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

Clinical Society, Medical and Surgical

Society. Medical Aid Association; also the University, Century and Knicker- bocker Clubs. Address, 42 West 37th St., New York.

ROBINSON, Charles Mulford:

Author; graduated from the University of Rochester in 1891. Was reporter on the Post-Express, Rochester, N. Y., 1891- 92; editorial writer, 1892-1902; contributor to The Century, The Bookman, to the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, etc., with intervals of foreign travel and continuous study of civic æsthetics. Since 1902 secretary of the American Park and Outdoor Art Association, and honorary member of various civic improvement or- ganizations in England and America. Author of "The Improvement of Towns and Cities" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901) and "Modern Civic Art" (G. P. Put- nam's Sons, 1903). Address, 65 South Washington St., Rochester, N. Y.

ROBINSON, Frank Hurd:

Lawyer, district attorney, county judge; born in Cuba, Allegany County, N. Y., May 23, 1855; son of Charles P. Robinson and Elizabeth Hurd Robinson. He was married to Miss Jennie M. Nichols, Aug. 21, 1878, and has five children: Charles P., James N., Frank H., Elizabeth and Rob- ert. Admitted to the bar, May, 1876; was district attorney of Steuben County two terms and county judge two terms; now engaged in the practice of his profession at Hornellsville, Steuben County, N. Y. He is now the Grand Master of F. & A. M. of the State of New York. Address, Post Office Building, Hornellsville, N. Y.

ROBINSON, Frank U .:

Lieutenant-colonel, U. S. Army; born in and appointed from New York-civil life. Second Lieutenant in the Forty-first U. S. Colored Infantry, Oct. 1, 1864; honorably mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865; second lieu- tenant, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth U. S. Colored Infantry, April 26, 1866; hon- orably mustered out, Dec. 20, 1867; second lieutenant, Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, March 13, 1868; accepted, July 29, 1868; unassigned, March 31, 1869; assigned to Second Cavalry, July 14, 1869; first lieu- tenant, March 31, 1878; captain, Dec. 28, 1888. Served in Spanish-American War, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.

ROBINSON, George, D. D .:

Senior chaplain, United States Army; was born March 19, 1841; related to An- drew Jackson on father's side, and to the Livingston family on mother's side. He graduated at Union College in 1861, hav- ing been elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Was first lieutenant of One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and aide-de-camp and acting assistant adjutant general on the

staff of General A. S. Williams, command- ing the First Divisions in the Twelfth and Twentieth Corps, and also those corps; was in battles of Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, the Atlanta campaign, and the marches to the sea and through the Caro- linas; was brevetted captain. He grad- uated from Princeton Theological Semi- nary in 1868; married the daughter of Professor Stephen Alexander the same year. After several years' pastorate in Lancaster, Pa., was appointed chaplain, U. S. Army, bv President Grant in 1877; in 1886 was detailed by President Cleve- land as superintendent of post schools in the army, with station at St. Louis, Mo., holding this position about two and a half years; in 1894 was assigned to the im- portant army post of Fort Leavenworth; in the Spanish-American War was chap- lain of the Hospital Ship Relief, in both the Santiago and Porto Rico campaigns; 1901, was assigned to the First U. S. In- fantry, joining this regiment in Samar, P. I .; is the senior chaplain in the army, and has had the longest service in the army of any chaplain ever borne on its roll. Received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Union University in 1899. Author of "Hospital Ship in War with Spain.' Address, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.

ROBINSON, James Harvey:

Author and teacher; born in Bloom- ington, Ill., June 29, 1863; son of James Harvey and Latricia Maria Robinson. He was graduated from Harvard in 1887, and took post-graduate courses at Harvard and in Germany, receiving the degree of Ph.D. at Freiburg in 1890. On Sept. 1, 1887, he was married to Grace Woodville Read. He was lecturer on European his- tory at the University of Pennsylvania 1891, associate professor 1902-5; in 1905 became professor of history in Columbia University; in 1900-1901 was acting dean of Barnard College. He co-operated in editing and publishing "Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History"; associate editor of the Annals of the American Academy, and of Political and Social Science, 1891- 95. He is the author of "The German Bundesrath," 1891; "Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters" (In collaboration). 1899; "Introduction to the History of Western Europe," 1903; is also the author of numerous magazine articles. Address, Columbia University, New York.

ROBINSON, John Marshall:

Commander, U. S. Navy; born in New York; appointed (at large) midshipman, June 23, 1869; graduated, May 31, 1873. promoted ensign, July 16, 1874; master, Jan. 2, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Dec. 13, 1886; Pensacola, Omaha and Saranac, South

499

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

and North Pacific Stations, Sept., 1873, to Aug., 1875; monitor Passaic, N. A. Sta- tion, Jan. to July, 1876; Yantic, Palos and Alert, Asiatic Station, Sept., 1876, to April, 1879; Michigan, N. W. Lakes, July, 1879, to Nov., 1881; hydrographic office, Nov., 1881, to Nov., 1882; Kearsarge, N. A. and European Stations, Nov., 1882, to Nov., 1885; receiving-ship Minnesota, New York, Feb., 1886, to July, 1887; inspector of steel, new cruisers, Pittsburg, July, 1887, to April, 1888; Richmond, S. A. Station, Dec., 1888, to Sept., 1890; Atlanta, Squad- ron of Evolution, Sept., 1890, to Oct., 1891; hydrographic office, Dec., 1891, to May, 1894; Naval War College, June 1 to Oct. 1, 1894; Yorktown and Monocacy, Asiatic Station, Nov. 1. 1894, to May 21, 1897; Minneapolis, April, 1898; in command con- verted yacht Siren, June to Sept., 1898, on blockade north coast of Cuba; Navy Yard, Washington, Sept. 29, 1898. Promoted to lieutenant-commander, March 3, 1899; Wilmington, Nov. 22, 1900, to 1902; U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C., to 1903. Promoted to commander, Jan., 1903. Address, 2016 Hillyer Place, Washington, D. C.

ROBINSON, Otis Hall:

Professor of natural philosophy, Uni- versity of Rochester; was born Dec. 3, 1835; graduated from the University of Rochester (A. B.), 1861; A. M., 1864; he took course in astronomy at Harvard Col- lege Observatory, 1875; law student, 1861- 63; lawyer, Rochester, N. Y., 1863-65; tutor of mathematics, University of Roch- ester. 1864-67; assistant librarian, 1866- 68; librarian, 1868-89; assistant professor of mathematics. 1867-69; professor of mathematics 1869-84; professor of math- ematics and natural philosophy from 1884-91; professor of natural philosophy, 1891-1903; resigned, 1903; emeritus profes- sor of natural philosophy, 1903. Received degree of Ph.D. from Ottawa University, 1894. Address, 273 Alexander St., Roches- ter, N. Y.

ROBINSON, William Y .:

Republican Assemblyman, representing Livingston County in the Assembly; was born at West Sparta in that county, Dec. 14, 1843, and was educated at the com- mon schools and at the Nunda Academy. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in the drug and book business in the vil- lage of Nunda and has conducted that business up to the present time. In 1879, 1880 and 1881, was supervisor of the town of Nunda; was elected a member of the Assembly in 1885 and 1886 from Livings- ton, and again elected a member in 1902. In 1903 he was appointed a member of the following Assembly committees: Internal Affairs, General Laws, and Labor and Industries. Address, Nunda, Livingston County, N. Y.

ROBSON, Charles Wesley:

Educator; graduated from the Univer- sity of Rochester in 1893; teacher of clas- sics in the Bradstreet School, Rochester, N. Y., 1893-1900. Address, 209 Cutler Building, Rochester, N. Y.

ROBSON, Eleanor Elise (Miss) :

Actress; born in Wegan, Lancashire, Eng .; daughter of Charles and Madge (Carr) Robson; graduated from St. Pet- er's Academy, Staten Island, N. Y., 1897. Made professional debut. at California Theatre, 1897; played in stock companies in San Francisco, Denver and Milwaukee, 1897-99; made a hit as Bonita in "Ariz -. ona;" followed by her creations of Con- stance in "In a Balcony"; Flossie Will- iams in "Unleavened Bread"; M'lle de la Vire in "A Gentleman of France"; Audrey in "Audrey"; played Juliet to the Romeo of Kyrle Bellew, 1903. Now being starred (season of 1903-04) as "Merely Mary Ann" in the Zangwill comedy of that name, and toward the close of the season to be co- starred with Tommaso Salvini in classic repertoire, all under the management of Liebler & Co .; under arrangements with Liebler & Co., Mr. Charles Frohman will open the leading London theatre next sea- son, where Miss Robson will appear in "Merely Mary Ann." Address, Care Lieb- ler & Co., 1402 Broadway, New York.

ROCHESTER, Thomas Moore, M.D .:

Physician; graduated from University of Rochester in 1876, and from Buffalo Medical College, 1878; physician, Brook- lyn, N. Y., since 1878; visiting surgeon to St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, 1885; as- sistant to the chair of physiology in Long Island College Hospital, 1879; gynecologist to the Brooklyn Central Dispensary, 1880. Member of Kings County Medical Associ- ation, Kings County Medical Society, New York Academy of Medicine and New York State Medical Association. Address, 2 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ROCKEFELLER, John Davison:

Capitalist; was born at Richford, N. Y., July 8, 1839; son of William A. and Eliza Rockefeller; received his education in the public schools; went to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, where he entered the commission house of Hewett & Tuttle; shortly after- ward entered into business on his own account, the firm being Clark & Rocke- feller, commission and forwarding mer- chants. In 1865, the firm having been changed to Rockefeller & Co., they built the Standard Oil Works, Cleveland; this was consolidated with others in the Standard Oil Company, 1870; other in- terests were later acquired and the Stan- dard Oil Trust was formed in 1882, but dissolved in 1892; the various Standard Oil companies are now being operated separately, with Mr. Rockefeller at the head of the entire business. He has

500

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

amassed an immense fortune; has given very largely of his wealth for philanthrop- ic and educational institutions, among these being the University of Chicago, Vassar, Mount Holyoke and Barnard Col- leges. He has also contributed large sums for public improvements at Tarrytown, N. Y., where he has fine estate. The American Baptist Missionary Union and Home Missionary Society and other re- ligious bodies have been benefited largely by his generous contributions. Residence, 4 West 54th St .; office, 26 Broadway, New York.

ROCKWELL, Alphonso D .:

Physician; born New Canaan Conn., May 18, 1840. Educated at Kenyon Col- lege, Ohio, degree of M. D. Bellevue Medi- cal College, 1864; assistant surgeon and surgeon Sixth Ohio Volunteer Corps, Sheridans Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac from April, 1864 to close of war. Began the general practice of medi- cine in New York City in 1866. In 1868 gave up general practice, choosing the specialty of nervous diseases and electro- therapeutics, with the late Dr. George M. Beard; he was the pioneer in the devel- opment of the relation of electricity to medicine, in this country. He is the au- thor of many articles devoted to this subject, and the diseases of the nervous system. His work on the "Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity " including the "X-Rays and the Finsen Light" is now in its tenth edition, has been trans- lated in two languages and has long been regarded as the standard English authori- ty. The nutritional value of electric treatment, upon which, in the main is based its use in medicine, together with the methods of application to this end, were first enunciated and enforced in this work. 'With Dr. Beard, is the au- thor of a work on "Nervous Exhaustion," and one on "Sexual Neurasthenia." Was one of the advisory committee of three appointed by the State in the interest of execution by electricity. Was for many years electro-therapeutist of the New York State Woman's Hospital, and pro- fessor at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Address, 25 E. 44th St., New York.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 108

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 751

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751