A. Benson Cannon

Background

Cannon, A. Benson was born on November 10, 1888 in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. Son of Edmund Rashe and Pencye (Bigger) Cannon.

Education

Doctor of Laws, Erskine College, South Carolina., 1909. Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1913. Student of University of Vienna, 1924-1925.

Career

Interne Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1913-1916. Assistant dermatologist in office Doctor John A. Fordyce, 1916. Professor dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgs., Columbia University.

Director department dermatology, City Hospital.

Consultant Woman’s, New York Neurological, Saint Mary's, Nassau County and Sharon hospitals, Vassar Hospital (Poughkeepsie, New York Trustee Erskine College.

Achievements

• A. Benson Cannon has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Medical Association, American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York Dermatological Society, New York Academy of Medicine, Vienna Dermatological Society (honorary. Member), Clinical; Clubs: Millbrook Hunt.

Connections

Married Eleanor Moore Reid, November 9, 1916.

Father:

Edmund Rashe Cannon

Mother:

Pencye (Bigger) Cannon

Spouse:

Eleanor Moore Reid