Background
Porter, Charles Allen was born on September 9, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Burnham and Harriet Ann (Allen) Porter.
Porter, Charles Allen was born on September 9, 1866 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Burnham and Harriet Ann (Allen) Porter.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1888, Master of Arts, Doctor of Medicine 1892.
Practiced at Boston. since 1892. Instructor surgery, 1899-1909, assistant professor, 1909-1912, associate professor, 1912-1915, clinical professor, 1915, professor clinical surgery, 1918-1922, John Homans professor surgery, 1922-1927, Harvard Medical School, now emeritus. Surgeon in chief Massachusetts General Hospital until 1927, now consultant surgeon.
Fellow American College Surgical, American Surgical Association, Society Clinical Surgery.
Married Margaret Cochran Dewar, of Glasgow, Scotland, April. Children: Isabel De Courcy, Margaret Dewar, Charles Burnham.