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Benjamin Smith Barton
B. S. Barton
American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815).
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Benjamin Smith Barton
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
Image
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
Statement Is Subject Of
:
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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