William A. Hammond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William A. Hammond

American military physician and neurologist

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1828

Place of Birth: Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1900

Profession: military officer, neurologist, military physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician and neurologist.
During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) and the founder of the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine).He was the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology, the author of the first American treatise about neurology, and one of the founders of the American Neurological Association.