Francis, H. Swett Biographical File
Abstract
two photgraphs
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 1930
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Historical or Biographical Note
Dr. Francis Huntington Swett, anatomist was born November 13, 1893 in Norway, Maine. He received his A.B. from Bates College in 1916, his M.A. from Brown University in 1917, and his PhD from Yale University in 1922. He was Instructor and Associate in Anatomy at Johns Hopkins University from 1922 to 1925. In 1925 he came to Vanderbilt as an Associate Professor of Medicine until 1930 when he left to become Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy Duke University School of Medicine. He remained there until his untimely death from heart disease on February 10, 1943.
Full Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Francis, H. Swett (1893-1943) biographical file
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2011-12-14
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is inEnglish.
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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