History of Sudbury, (Middlesex County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Biography of Jacob Bigelow

Jacob Bigelow, physician, was born at Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 27, 1787. He was graduated from Harvard college in 1806, and soon after began the study of medicine. He received his degree in 1810, and in a short time established a large practice in Boston. He also devoted much attention to the study of botany, regarding which subject he wrote quite profusely. He was the founder and designer of Mount Auburn cemetery, a physician in the Massachusetts general hospital for twenty years, and for forty years occupied the chair of materia medica in Harvard college. He also held the office of president of the Massachusetts medical society, and of the American society of arts and sciences. Dr. Bigelow is the author of many valuable volumes on various subjects, among which are: "Florula Bostoniensis" (1814); "American Medical Botany" (3 vols., 1817-'21); "The Useful Arts Considered in Connection with the Applications of Science" (1849); "Nature and Disease "(1854); "A Brief Exposition of Rational Medicine" (1858); "History of Mount Auburn" (1860); "Modern Inquiries" and "Remarks on Classical Studies" (1867). He died in Boston, Jan. 10, 1879.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor