Background
Laidlaw, Alexander Hamilton was born on July 11, 1828 in near Lanark, Scotland. Son of Alexander and Margaret (Hamilton) Laidlaw.
Laidlaw, Alexander Hamilton was born on July 11, 1828 in near Lanark, Scotland. Son of Alexander and Margaret (Hamilton) Laidlaw.
Graduate Philadelphia Central High School, 1845. Graduate Hahnemann Homœ. Medical College, Philadelphia, 1861.
Also studied under competent professors and in colleges allopathy, hydropathy, electropathy, eclecticism, and hypnotism.
In practice of medicine, 1856-1905. Principal Mauch Chunk High School, 1851-1852, Monroe Grammar School, Philadelphia, 1853-1860. Superintendent public schools, Hudson County, New Jersey, 1868-1869.
President Hudson County, New Jersey Real Estate Association, 1870-1874.
Professor anatomy, New York Homœ. Medical College, 1868.
Retired from practice, 1905. Author: American Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, 1859.
Curability of Consumption, 1861.
Soldier Songs and Love Songs, 1898. Address: New York, New New York
Married Anna Turner Sites, October 28, 1865.