Background
Spector, Benjamin was born on July 8, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of Maxwell and Ida (Schreiber) Spector.
Spector, Benjamin was born on July 8, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of Maxwell and Ida (Schreiber) Spector.
Doctor of Medicine New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1922. Graduate study Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, 1928, Mayo Clinic, 1930, der Rijks University, University Groningen and Utrecht (Holland), 1932, Hunterian Museum, Royal College Surgeons (London), 1932, Institute Embryology Carnegie Institute, 1933.
Assistant anatomy New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1915-1917, instructor, 1917-1922. Assistant professor Tufts U. School Medicine, 1922-1924, associate professor, 1925-1932, professor, department chairman bioanatomy, after 1933, professor hisotry of medicine, 1939, then emeritus. Consultant bioantaomy New England Center Hospital Trustee Boston Medical Library.
Chairman Friends of Armed Forces Medical Library, Washington.
Fellow Royal Micros. Society London, Massachusetts Medical Society (member of council). Member American Association Anatomists, American Association History Medicine (treasurer 1946-1948-1952, vice president 1953, president 1956-1958, Garrison lecturer 1950), History Science Society (council 1954-1956), Medical library association, International College Surgeons (College of Electors), International Association Dental Research, American Society Ophthalmological and Otolaryngol. Allergy (honorary), Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Epsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Clubs: Biohistorical (president 1952), Boston Medical History (secretary 1935-1945, president 1946-1948).
Married Bertha Burmann, July 5, 1919.