Sarah Newcomb Merrick

Sarah Newcomb Merrick
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornSarah (or Sara) Julia Newcomb
May 9, 1844
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
DiedFebruary 3, 1922
Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • teacher
  • writer
  • business woman
  • inventor
  • physician
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian, American
Alma materBoston University School of Medicine
Spouse
Morgan Wolfe Merrick
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(m. 1876)​
ChildrenJulia
RelativesSimon, William Brewster

Sarah Newcomb Merrick (née, Newcomb; May 9, 1844 – February 3, 1922) was a Canadian-born American teacher and writer. She was the author of A Unique Method for Preserving the Inscriptions in our Historic Burial Grounds and Present-day Beliefs in Some Medical Superstitions.[1] She was also a business woman and inventor before she became a physician later in life. Merrick died in 1922.

  1. ^ American Association for the Advancement of Science (1908). Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Vol. 58. p. 21. Retrieved 1 February 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.