American physician (1810–1885)
Robert William Hooper (standing, second from left) with the members of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement .
Robert William Hooper (October 24, 1810 – April 13, 1885) was an American physician.
Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts . He entered the Phillips Academy at the age of 12, and graduated in 1826.[ 1] He graduated from Harvard College in 1830[ 2] [ 3] and later studied throughout Europe starting in 1833. He returned to the United States in 1835 and obtained an MD degree from Harvard Medical School in 1836.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] He also received an MD degree from Queen's University of Ireland in 1861.[ 8] [ 9] In Ireland, it is often given to those who already hold a doctorate.
Hooper married Ellen Sturgis on September 25, 1837. The couple had three children, all of whom outlived him. After Ellen Hooper's death on November 3, 1848,[ 4] [ 5] [ 10] he stopped working as a full-time doctor and took care of children himself. His practice after this point was focused on charitable causes. Henry Adams , who stayed with Hooper before the wedding with his daughter Marian Hooper Adams , commented that he was "a good deal of a slave to his two daughters".[ 11] [ 12]
Hooper worked as a surgeon at the Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary and was a trustee of the Boston Athenaeum for thirty years.[ 5] [ 10] [ 13] He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society [ 14] and American Medical Association . He was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1871.[ 15] [ 16]
Hooper died on April 13, 1885, in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 74.[ 17] [ 18]
^ Carpenter, Charles Carroll (1903). Biographical catalogue of the trustees, teachers, and students of Phillips academy, Andover, 1778-1830 . Memorial Hall Library. Andover, Mass.: Andover Press. p. 130.
^ "Harvard college commencement" . Christian Register . Vol. 9, no. 35. 1830-08-28. p. 138.
^ Harvard university. Porcellian club (1857). Catalogue of the honorary and immediate members and of the library of the Porcellian club of Harvard university . The Library of Congress. Cambridge: Printed by Allen and Farnham. p. 40.
^ a b "Robert William Hooper" . Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 21 . Boston: University press: John Wilson and son: 526–527. 1886. JSTOR 25129840 .
^ a b c Various authors (1886). 1830. H. U. memoirs . University of California Libraries. Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill. pp. 143–144.
^ Channing, W. (September 1, 1836). "Medical Graduates in Harvard University" . United States Medical and Surgical Journal . 1 : 80.
^ Harvard University (1890). Quinquennial catalogue of the officers and graduates . New York Public Library. Cambridge, Mass.: The University.
^ Report on Condition and Progress of Queen's University, Ireland, 1860-61 . University of Southampton. Dublin: Alexander Thom, 87 & 88, Abbey-Street, for Her Majesty's stationery office. 1862. p. 22.{{cite book }}
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^ "Queen's University in Ireland" . The Medical Times and Gazette . 2 . London: John Churchill, 11, New Burlington Street: 421. October 19, 1861.
^ a b T., J. M. (1887). "R. W. Hooper, M.D." The Journal of the American Medical Association . 9 . Chicago: 767.
^ Ford, Worthington Chauncey (ed.). letters of henry adams 1858-1891 . Internet Archive. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 229.
^ Kaledin, Eugenia (July 22, 1994). The Education of Mrs. Henry Adams . University of Massachusetts Press. p. 32.
^ Boston Athenaeum; Bolton, Charles Knowles (1907). The Athenæum centenary . University of California Libraries. Boston: The Boston athenæum. p. 120.
^ Massachusetts Medical Society (1836). Medical communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society . Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Boston : Printed for the Society.
^ "Report of the council" . Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 21 . Boston: University press: John Wilson and son: 517. 1886.
^ "Robert William Hooper | American Academy of Arts and Sciences" . www.amacad.org . 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2024-06-13 .
^ "Deaths" . The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal . 112 (16): 384. April 16, 1885. doi :10.1056/NEJM188504161121612 .
^ "NECROLOGY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY" . The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal . 113 (27): 657. 1885.