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Benjamin Smith Barton

B. S. Barton

American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815).

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Place of Birth

Lancaster

Place of Death

New York City

Country of Citizenship

United States

Cause of Death

Tuberculosis

Date of Birth

2/10/1766

Date of Death

12/19/1815

Educated At

University of Edinburgh
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Instance Of

Human

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Occupation

Botanist
Physician
University Teacher
Field of Work
:
Materia Medica
Field of Work
:
Botany
Field of Work
:
Medicine
Zoologist
Botanical Collector

Member Of

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1789 - )
Start Time
: 1789
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
American Antiquarian Society
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Given Name

Benjamin

Relative

William P. C. Barton
Kinship to Subject
:
Nephew
David Rittenhouse
Kinship to Subject
:
Uncle
John Rhea Barton
Kinship to Subject
:
Nephew

Father

Thomas Barton

Employer

Pennsylvania Hospital
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Commons Gallery

Benjamin Smith Barton

Family Name

Barton
Smith

Described at URL

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people ...

Described by Source

American Medical Biographies
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Philadephia: Three Centuries of American Art

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Award Received

Magellanic Premium
(1804)
Point in Time
: 1804
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1793 - )
Start Time
: 1793

Sex or Gender

Male

Writing Language

English

Sibling

William Barton
Richard Peter Barton

Spouse

Child

Has Works in the Collection

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Mother

Esther Barton
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Barton, Benjamin Smith
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Benjamin Smith Barton
Thomas Pennant Barton
Mary Penington Barton
Hydrothorax
Philadelphia County Medical Society
(1808 - 1815)
Position Held
:
President
Start Time
: 1808
End Time
: 1815
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