Charles Albert Brackett

Background

Brackett, Charles Albert was born on January 2, 1850 in Lampster, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Joseph and Lydia Lucretia (Hunt) Brackett.

Education

Public schools and under tutelage of parents. Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Harvard, 1873.

Career

Practiced at Newport about fifty years, retiring June 1923. Institute dental therapeutics, Harvard Dental school, 1874-1880, assistant professor, 1880-1883, professor dental pathology and therapeutics, 1883-1890, dental pathology, 1890-1920, professor oral pathology, 1920-1923, emeritus, since 1923. President Rhode Island State Board of Registration in Dentisty, 1888-1897.

Delegate International Medical Congress, London, 1881, 9th International Medical Congress, Washington, 1887, World’s Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago, 1893.

Trustee and consulting dental surgeon, Newport Hospital. Chairman of Commission for drafting new city charter, Newport, 1906.

President, trustee People's Library. Member City Council, since 1907.

Vice president, director Aquidneck National Bank.

Director Newport Trust Company.

Achievements

• Charles Albert Brackett has been listed as a noteworthy dentist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member City Council, since 1907.

Connections

Married Mary Irish Spencer, February 3, 1886.

Father:

Joseph Brackett

Mother:

Lydia Lucretia (Hunt) Brackett

Spouse:

Mary Irish Spencer