J. B. S. Jackson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

J. B. S. Jackson

American anatomist

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1806

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1879

Profession: physician, curator, surgeon, pathologist, anatomist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About J. B. S. Jackson

  • John Barnard Swett Jackson (June 5, 1806 – January 6, 1879) was an American surgeon and pathologist.
  • He was the first curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum and was dean of Harvard Medical School from 1853 to 1855.
  • In 1854, the Shattuck Professorship of Morbid Anatomy at Harvard Medical School was created for him.
  • He held the post from then until his death in 1879, when the position was renamed the Shattuck Professorship of Pathological Anatomy.
  • He was a member of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement.Jackson graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1829.
  • Jackson married Emily Jane Andrews in 1853 and they had two sons together, Henry and Robert Tracy.
  • He died of pneumonia on January 6, 1879 in Boston.

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