William L. Nichol Biographical File
Abstract
Includes photographs, newspaper articles.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1901
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Biographical / Historical
William Lytle Nichol was a native of Nashville TN and went to the University of Nashville and graduated in with an A. B. degree in 1845. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1849. Prior to the Civil War, he served as a surgeon in the United States Navy and later as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. After the war, he was a member of the faculty of the Medical Department of the University of Nashville and Vanderbilt University. He died in his home in Nashville June 23, 1901.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- William L. Nichol Biographical File
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- History of Medicine Collections Staff
- Date
- 2024-04-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository
Eskind Biomedical Library
2209 Garland Ave.
Nashville TN 37232
historyofmedicine@vanderbilt.edu
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