William Prescott (physician)

William Prescot (1788–1875), American physician, politician, and naturalist.

Biography

William Prescot was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, December 29, 1788. He was indentured to a farmer at sixteen years of age, received few educational advantages, taught, studied medicine, and in 1815 graduated at Dartmouth Medical School. He practised in Gilmanton and Lynn, and served in both branches of the legislature. Dr. Prescott was an enthusiastic collector of minerals and shells, and was a member of many literary and scientific societies. He died in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 18, 1875.[1]

Works

He wrote the Prescott Memorial (Boston, 1870).[1]

Notes
  1. Wilson & Fiske 1892.

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Prescott, William, physician" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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