Background
Leffingwell, Albert was born on February 13, 1845 in Aurora, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Elisha and Jane E. (Jackson) Leffingwell.
Leffingwell, Albert was born on February 13, 1845 in Aurora, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Elisha and Jane E. (Jackson) Leffingwell.
Attended Hamilton College, honorary Master of Science, 1894. Instructor at Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, several years. Doctor of Medicine Long Island College Hospital, 1874.
Resided abroad, engaged in scientific studies and literature work, 1875-1879.
Traveled in Japan, China and Burma, 1881-1882, India, Africa and Spain, 1882, Palestine and Egypt, 1889-1890, Russia, 1905.
Elizabeth Fear, December, 1892. Three sons. Founder, and 1st secretary American Society for Regulation of Vivisection. President American Humane Association, 1904-1905 (vice president since 1909).
Life member Long Island History Society, since 1869.
Director American Humane Education Society, since 1912. American consul at Warsaw, Russia, 1905-1906.
Trustee Wells College, since 1912. Author: Rambles in Japan Without a Guide, 1892.
Illegitimacy and Influence of Seasons Upon Conduct, 1892.
Vivisection in America, 1894. The Leffingwell Record, 1895. The Vivisection Question, 1901.
The Vivisection Controversy, 1908.
The Morality of London, 1908. American Meat, 1910; An Ethical Problem, 1915, second edition, 1916.
Home: Aurora-on-Cayuga Lake, New New York
Member Long Island History.
Married Doctor.