Background
Gorham, Frederic Poole was born on April 29, 1871 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel and Abby Harding (Fish) Gorham.
Gorham, Frederic Poole was born on April 29, 1871 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel and Abby Harding (Fish) Gorham.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1893, A.M., 1894. Special studies in bacteriology, Harvard Medical School.
Instructor biology, 1893-1899, assistant professor, 1899-1901, associate professor, 1901-1913, professor bacteriology, since 1913, Brown U. Bacteriologist, Providence Health Department, 1899. Bacteriologist and biologist, Rhode Island Shellfish Commission, since 1913. Deputy inspector milk, City of Providence, since 1914.
Secretary trustees Rhode Island State Sanatorium, since 1908. Author: Laboratory Guide to the Dissection of the Cat (with R. W. Tower), 1895. Laboratory Course in Bacteriology, 1897, 1901.
Home: Providence, R.I.
Member of Society American Bacteriologists. American Association Pathologists & Bacteriologists. Washington Academy, of Sciences.
Rhode Island Medical Society.
Married Emma Mary Lapham, June 24, 1897 (died 1913).; married second, Ruth Elizabeth Björkdahl, January 1, 1917. Children: Mary Emma, Sayles, Nancy, Hope.