William Edward Fitch

William Edward Fitch
BornMay 29, 1867
Burlington, North Carolina
DiedSeptember 12, 1949
Coral Gables, Florida
Occupation(s)Physician, writer

William Edward Fitch (May 29, 1867 - September 12, 1949) was an American physician, surgeon and writer.

Fitch was born in Burlington, North Carolina. He was educated at the Union Academy in North Carolina and obtained his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore).[1] In 1887, he moved to New York City. He founded the Georgia Journal of Medicine and Surgery.[1] He sold this publication in 1904 and established Gaillard's Southern Medicine. He purchased the journal Pediatrics which he edited until 1911. He also managed the journal Gaillards with Pediatrics.[1]

From 1907-1909, he was lecturer on principles of surgery at Fordham University.[2] He worked as a gynaecologist at the outpatient clinic of Presbyterian Hospital (1907-1916) and physician at Vanderbilt Clinic.[2] During the Spanish–American War, he was a surgeon for United States Marine Hospital Service.[1] He was a major of the Medical Reserve Corps, U.S. Army in 1917. He was the chief nutritionist at the base hospital at Camp Jackson, S.C.[2] He was honourably discharged in December, 1918.[3]

He married Minnie Crump in 1892, they had three children.[2] He died in Coral Gables, Florida.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Distinguished Successful Americans of Our Day. Chicago, 1911. pp. 543-544
  2. ^ a b c d "Fitch, William Edwards". Dictionary of North Carolina Biography edited by William S. Powell. University of North Carolina Press, 1986.
  3. ^ Society of Colonial Wars. The Honor Roll of the Society of Colonial Wars. New York: Published by authority of the General Assembly. 1922. p. 16
  4. ^ "Newspaper Obituary: Dr. William Edward Fitch". The Daily Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina. Tuesday, September 13, 1949, p. 2