Wesley Emmet Gatewood

Physician, Author

1845 – 1924

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Who was Wesley Emmet Gatewood?

Wesley Emmet Gatewood, M.D. was born in "a log cabin with a dirt floor" on October 23, 1845. At the age of 19, Dr. Gatewood began recording his activities almost daily. His journals report his life as a Southeastern Ohio farmer advancing through a Dartmouth College medical degree. He returned to Ohio and later Nashville, Tennessee to practice medicine. He reported on his travels and his impressions of the Civil War.

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Born
Oct 23, 1845
Windsor Township
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Geisel School of Medicine
    ( - 1875/11)
  • Bellevue Hospital Medical College
    ( - 1876/02)
  • Doctor of Medicine, Dartmouth College
    (1874 - 1876)
Employment

  • (1876 - 1924)
Died
Jan 23, 1924
San Diego

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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