Birth: 1807
Death: 1888, May 30
Occupation: doctor, chemist and dealer in chemicals
Associated Counties
- Baltimore City
Directories
| Date | Name | Occupation | Address | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840-1841 | William E.A. Aitken | doctor | Paca st north of New | Baltimore City |
| 1842 | William A.E. Aikin | doctor | 172 N Paca St. | Baltimore City |
| 1877 | William E.A. Aiken | doctor | 178 W. Baltimore St. | Baltimore City |
| 1843 | William E.A. Aikin | doctor | 23 Hamilton st | Baltimore City |
| 1867-1868 | William E.A. Aikin | doctor | 173 W Baltimore, dwelling Howard Co. | Baltimore City |
| 1865-1866 | William E.A. Atken | doctor | 25 Hamilton | Baltimore City |
| 1868-1869 | William E.A. Aiken | doctor | 25 Hamilton | Baltimore City |
| 1881 | chemist and dealer in chemicals | 176 W Baltimore | Baltimore City | |
| 1856-1857 | William E. A. Aiken | physician | 25 Hamilton | Baltimore City |
| 1847-1848 | W. E. A. Aiken | doctor | dw 23 Hamilton st | Baltimore City |
| 1853-1854 | W. E. A. Aiken | doctor | dw: 23 Hamilton St. | Baltimore City |
| 1859-1860 | William E.A. Aiken | physician | 25 Hamilton St. | Baltimore City |
| 1858-1859 | William E. Aiken | professor of chemistry, University of Maryland | 25 Hamilton | Baltimore |
Additional Information
- Dates:
Notes:MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY --------------------------- RECORD --------------------------- Author Aikin, William E. A., 1807-1888. Title Statement An introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of the University of Maryland, Nov. 1837. Published Baltimore : John D. Toy, 1837. Description 20 p. ; 24 cm. Title Statement An introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of the University of Maryland, Nov. 1837. Subject Chemistry. Name Added Entry University of Maryland (1812-1920). School of Medicine. Call Number PAM82 Location Main Reading Room
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- Dates: 1807-1888
Notes: [Admitted to MedChi 1840]. Born in New York State, 1807. Educated at Renssalaer Institute on the Hudson; Licentiate New York State Medical Society; M.D. (Honorary), Vermont Academy of Medicine; soon abandoned practice and devoted himself to science; came to Baltimore, 1832; Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Maryland; Assistant to Professor Ducatel, 1836; on Geological Survey, Virginia, 1837; Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland (Regents’ Faculty), 1837-83; Emeritus Professor, 1883-88; Dean of Faculty, 1840-41 and 1844-45; Lecturer, Maryland Institute; City Inspector of gas and illuminating oils; LL.D., Georgetown College, 1843. Died at Baltimore, May 30, 1888.
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 298 - Dates: 1808?-?
Notes: BIOGRAPHY
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 55 - Dates: 1837
Notes: “The Medical Faculty of the University withdraw from under the control of the Trustees and open a Lecture Room at old Indian Queen Hotel (corner Baltimore and Hanover streets), where they remained for two years. The Regents of the Medical University instituted a suit for the recovery of their rights under the original charter. Drs. Fred. May elected Prof. ____?; H. Willes Baxley, Prof. of Anatomy and Physiology; Robt. E. Dorsey, Materia Medica; Wm. R. Fisher, Chemistry; Henry Howard, Obstetrics; M.A. Finly, Prof. ____? By the Board of Trustees of the Medical University. Drs. W.E.A. Aikin, Prof. of Chemistry, and Sam G. Baker, Prof. of Materia Medica in the Medical University, by Regents.”
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 36 - Dates: 1837-83
Notes: Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1807-1890), with an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalog of Medical Alumni Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 210 - Dates: 1840/06/08
Notes: “Maryland College of Pharmacy organized by Drs. S.G. Baker, W.E.A. Aikin and Wm. Riley, representing the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty; and John Hill, Geo. W. Andrews, Thos. G. Mackenzie, David Steuart, H.B. Atkinson, J.N.W. Gordon, John Chapman and Robert H. Coleman, representing the Pharmcists of Baltimore.”
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 37 - Dates: 1840-41, 1844-45
Notes: Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (1807-1890), with an Introductory Chapter, Notices of the Schools of Law, Arts and Sciences, and Theology, and the Department of Dentistry, and a General Catalog of Medical Alumni Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 209 - Dates: 1868
Notes: Served as Inspector of Gas, since 1868.
Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 248
Bibliography
- Aikin, William E.A., Address delivered before the Philomathian society of Mount St. Mary’s college near Emmittsburg, Maryland, at the annual commencement, June 30th, 1841, by Wm. E. A. Aikin … Baltimore: Printed by John Murrphy.
- Aikin, William E.A., Notice of the daguerreotype Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy.
- Aikin, William E.A., Valedictory address to the graduates of the University of Maryland, delivered at the commencement held on the 5th of March, 1864. Baltimore: Printed by W. M. Innes.
- Aikin, William E.A., Report of a geological examination of some tracts of land in Alleghany County, Md. and Hampshire County, Va., belonging to the estate of the late Robert Oliver, esq. Baltimore: John D. Toy.
- Aikin, William E.A., An introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of the University of Maryland, Nov. 1837. Baltimore: John D. Toy.
- Aikin, William E.A., A review of “Prof. Resse’s Review” of the Wharton trial : with a brief notice of the Schoeppe trial. New York: D. Appleton. A review of the recent trial of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Wharton.
- Aikin, William E.A., On some supposed fallacies in determining the presence of tartar emetic : . In The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, vol. XV, no. 1 (January 1873). Review of the recent trial of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Wharton
- Aikin, William E.A., An introductory lecture, delivered before the medical class of the University, November 1837 s.l.: s.n..
- Aikin, William E.A. and Robert Dunglison, An Introductory Lecture: Delivered Before the Medical Class of the University of Maryland, September 1840 Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy.
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