William Chew Van Bibber

June 2, 2018 By in Baltimore City, Doctor, Surnames-V

Birth: 1824, Jul. 24
Death: 1892, Dec. 14
Occupation: doctor

Associated Counties

  • Baltimore City

US Census

Year Occupation County Ward/District Post Office Page
1850 physician Baltimore City 13 356

Directories

Date Name Occupation Address City
1877 W.C. Van Bibber doctor 47 Franklin St. Baltimore City
1868-1869 W. Chew Van Bibber doctor 47 Franklin Baltimore City
1867-1868 W. Chew Van Bibber doctor 47 Franklin Baltimore City
1865-1866 W. Chew Van Bibber doctor 47 Franklin Baltimore City
1849-1850 William Chew Van bibber doctor 114 Saratoga Baltimore City

Additional Information

  • Dates: 1824-1892
    Notes: Born in Carroll County, Md., July 24, 1824. Attended Dickinson College and Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg; A.B., Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., 1843; pupil of Dr. N. R. Smith; M.D., University of Maryland, 1845; practiced in Mississippi and New Orleans; settled at Baltimore, 1846; Vaccine Physician, 1847-50; a Founder of the Pathological Society, 1853; Secretary, Pathological Society, 1853-58; Recording Secretary, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, 1857-59; a Founder of the Clinical Society of Maryland, 1875, and Baltimore Academy of Medicine, 1877; Attending Physician, Baltimore Almshouse; Associate Editor, Virginia Medical Monthly, 1856-59, and of the Maryland and Virginia Medical Journal , 1859-61; Lecturer on the Diseases of Children and Venereal Diseases at the Summer Course of the University of Maryland, and Attending Physician, Special Dispensary, 1866 (these were the first clinics at the University on the Diseases of Children, and this was the first step towards the establishment of an outdoor clinic) ; a Founder and the first President of the Baltimore Pathological Society, 1867; Peabody Lecturer, 1869; President of Baltimore Academy of Medicine, 1887. Died at Baltimore, December 14, 1892.
    Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 603
  • Dates: 1845
    Notes: MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Maryland
    Source: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Catalogue of the Alumni of the School of Medicine Baltimore: Printed by Sherwood & Co.: 18
  • Dates: 1847, 1850
    Notes: Vaccine physician
    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: 273
  • Dates: 1853/05/19
    Notes: Baltimore Pathological Society organized by Drs. D. Steuart, Pottenger, Frick (Ch.), Murdock (Thos. F.), Turner, Donaldson (F.), Johnstone (Ch.), Buckler (T. H.), and Van Bibber (W.C.).
    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: 40
  • Dates: 1855/01/11
    Notes: Dr. Van Bibber publishes an analysis of 430 cases of midwifery occurring in the practice of the late Dr. Peter Chatard.
    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: 41