History of Spotsylvania, (Spotsylvania County) Virginia United States of America

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Charles Williams Chancellor, physician, was born in Spottsylvania county, Va., Feb. 19, 1833. He attended the college at Georgetown, D. C., and the University of Virginia. In 1853 he received his M.D. degree at Jefferson medical college, and removed to Alexandria, Va., where he practised medicine until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1861 he was appointed medical director on the staff of General Pickett of the Confederate army, and served in this capacity throughout the war, removing at its close to Memphis, Tenn., where he practised for three years. In 1868 he accepted the chair of anatomy at Baltimore (Md.) university, became dean of the faculty in 1869, and professor of surgery in 1870. He severed his connection with the university in 1873 to return to general practice, and in 1876 he was made secretary of the state board of health. He was elected a fellow of the Royal society of London. Among his writings are: Report upon the Condition of the Prisons, Reformatories and Charitable Institutions of Maryland (1875); Mineral Waters and Seaside Resorts (1883); and monographs on Drainage of the Marsh Lands of Maryland (1884). He was U.S. consul at Havre, France, 1893-97.

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

History of Spotsylvania, (Spotsylvania County) Virginia

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