Augustus C. Kinney

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Augustus Crouch Kinney
Born(1845-07-26)July 26, 1845
Muscatine, Iowa
DiedMarch 24, 1908(1908-03-24) (aged 62)
Oakland, California
Resting placeSalem, Oregon[1]
44°55.171′N 123°02.898′W / 44.919517°N 123.048300°W / 44.919517; -123.048300
Alma materWillamette University College of Medicine
Pacific University
OccupationPhysician

Augustus Crouch Kinney (July 26, 1845 - March 24, 1908) was an American physician and scientist in the state of Oregon. A native of Iowa, his family moved to Oregon Country when he was an infant where he was raised and started his medical career. He practiced the majority of his career in Astoria, Oregon, and was a leading expert on tuberculosis.

Early life

Augustus Kinney was born on July 26, 1845, to

McMinnville College (now Linfield College) in McMinnville, before entering medical school.[2]

In 1866, he married Jane Welch, and the marriage did not produce any children.

New York University School of Medicine) in New York City.[2] Kinney was one of eleven children in the family, with eight living to adulthood, including his younger brother Alfred who also graduated from medical school.[2]

Career

In 1871, Kinney began a medical practice in

medical journals.[8]

Later life

Kinney did some scientific work in addition to his medical work.

ozocerite.[9] He also donated a collection of fish from Astoria to the Smithsonian Institution in 1888.[10] Augustus Kinney died on March 24, 1908, at the age of 62 at the Fabiola Hospital in Oakland, California, of cancer and was buried at the IOOF Cemetery (now Salem Pioneer Cemetery) in Salem.[2][6] His nephew Augustus, from his brother Alfred, also was a doctor who studied tuberculosis.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Augustus C. Kinney". Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ^
    Binfords & Mort Publishing
    . p. 135.
  3. ^ Gaston, Joseph; Himes, George H. (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 1. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. p. 346.
  4. ^ a b c "Crossed Plains When Baby". The Oregonian. March 25, 1908. p. 3.
  5. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe, and Mrs. Frances Auretta Fuller Barrett Victor. History of Oregon. Vol. 1. San Francisco: History Co, 1886. p. 633.
  6. ^ a b "Editorial". Pacific Medical Journal. 51: 217. 1908.
  7. ^ "Obituary". Medical Sentinel. 16: 196. 1908.
  8. ^ Gaston, Joseph. 1911. Portland, Oregon, its history and builders: in connection with the antecedent explorations, discoveries, and movements of the pioneers that selected the site for the great city of the Pacific. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. Vol. III. p. 417.
  9. ^ a b Scott, Leslie M. (April 25, 1915). "Source of Nehalem Beeswax Still Mystery". The Oregonian. p. 3.
  10. ^ Bean, Tarleton H. (1889). "Department of Fishes". Annual Report: 170.
  11. ^ "Pursues High Courses under Great European Specialists". The Oregonian. January 31, 1909. pp. 3: 6.

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