Background
Weidman, Frederick Deforest was born on October 16, 1881 in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Son of Herman C. and Eva Lucinda (Stone) Wiedenmann.
Weidman, Frederick Deforest was born on October 16, 1881 in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Son of Herman C. and Eva Lucinda (Stone) Wiedenmann.
Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1908.
Intern Delaware Hospital, 1909-1910. Private practice, Philadelphia, 1909-1914. Assistant, later associate pathologist Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 1910-1954.
Professor pathology Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1914-1917.
Professor dermatological research University of Pennsylvania, 1923-1945, professor research in dermatology and mycology, 1945-1949, emeritus, since 1949. Chief dermatology staff Philadelphia General Hospital, 1920-1947, Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1934-1946.
Diplomate American Board Dermatology and Syphilology.
Member American Academy Dermatology and Syphilology (president 1954), American Dermatological Association (president 1944-1946), Society for Investigative Dermatology (president 1944).
Married Florence L. Krewson, 1919. Married second, Lillian East. Hawk, May 21, 1937. Children: Allen F., Dorothy Mary (Mistress Robert B. Burr).