Hosmer Allen Johnson
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Born | Wales, New York | October 6, 1822
Died | February 26, 1891 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 68)
Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
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Occupation | Physician |
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Hosmer Allen Johnson, M.D., L.L.D. (October 6, 1822 โ February 26, 1891) was an American physician, academic, and
Biography
Hosmer Allen Johnson was born in Wales, New York, on October 6, 1822. While still and infant, the family moved to Boston, New York. There, Johnson attended public schools. When he was twelve, the family moved to Almont, Michigan; helping with the family farm there, Johnson was unable to attend school. When he was sixteen, Johnson sustained a grievous injury and was no longer able to perform manual labor. In 1840, Johnson began teaching school. Three years later, Johnson decided to further pursue his education at Romeo Academy in Romeo, Michigan. In 1846, he was accepted at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. However, after two years, complications from his injury forced him to withdraw from school. He spent the next winter in Vandalia, Illinois, again supporting himself by teaching. There, he studied medicine with J. B. Hendrick. After his health improved, he returned to the university and received a Bachelor of Arts.[1]
Upon graduation, Johnson moved to
From 1852 to 1859, Johnson was a member of the Board of Attending Physicians and Surgeons at Mercy. In the autumn of 1853, Johnson was named a lecturer on physiology at Rush Medical College. Two years later he was named the Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Medical Jurisprudence. In 1857, he was named chair of the Physiology and General Pathology department. In 1859, he left Rush Medical College to begin a medical school at
That winter, his health failed again and despite a six-month
In 1865, upon completion of the
Civil War
In 1861,
Personal life
Johnson married Margaret Ann Seward, a relative of William H. Seward, in May 1855. They had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died young, but the son, Frank Seward Johnson, followed his father into the medical profession. He was later named the Professor of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy at the Chicago Medical College. Hosmer Johnson was initiated into the Masonic Order in 1853 and rose to become Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. He organized a Knights Templar chapter for Illinois and was first officer of that branch for two terms. He became a member of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Northern Jurisdiction in 1861, later becoming and officer.[1] He could speak seven foreign languages fluently and also had a strong knowledge of the Ojibwe language.[2] He served on the board of trustees of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Johnson died from pneumonia at his Chicago home on February 26, 1891, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago. Chicago, IL: Wilson & St. Clair. 1868. pp. 229โ234.
- ^ "Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center | About Us Hosmer Allen Johnson".
- ^ Davis, Nathan Smith (1891). "Hosmer Allen Johnson, M. D.". Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists. 13: 172โ175.