Charles Lincoln Furbush

Background

Furbush, Charles Lincoln was born on December 2, 1863 in New York, United States. Son of Silas Smith and Henrietta (Hatfield) Furbush.

Education

Private and high schools, New New York Doctor of Medicine Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, 1893. University of Berlin and Heidelberg, semesters, 1893, 94, 95.

Career

Began practice, Philadelphia, 1893. Appointed acting assistant surgeon United States of America hospital ship Missouri, July 27, 1898. Chief surgeon’s office, headquarters Department of Havana, Cuba, May 4, 1899.

Director Department of Charities and Hospital, Havana, May 11, 1899.

Captain and assistant surgeon United States volumes, August 21, 1899. Major and surgeon, March 16, 1901.

Acting chief sanitary officer, Havana, December 19, 1901. Chief sanitary officer, May 20, 1902.

Achievements

• Charles Lincoln Furbush has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served in Philippine Islands, 1900, 1901. Resumed practice, Philadelphia, October 1, 1902. Chairman Philadelphia Milk Commission, since 1911.

Member yellow fever commission of Rockefeller Foundation, to Central America, December 12, 1918.

Companion Order Saint Michael and Saint George (Companion of St. Michael and St. George), honorary. Member Military Order 3d Class, England, July 18, 1919.

Director Department of Public Health and president Board of Health, Philadelphia, since 1919.

Connections

Married Persis Burnham, October 19, 1904.

Father:

Silas Smith Furbush

Mother:

Henrietta (Hatfield) Furbush

Spouse:

Persis Burnham