Background
Ernst, Harold Clarence was born on July 31, 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Andrew Henry and Sarah H. (Otis) Ernst.
Ernst, Harold Clarence was born on July 31, 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Andrew Henry and Sarah H. (Otis) Ernst.
Brother of Oswald Herbert and George Alexander Otis E. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1876, Doctor of Medicine 1880, A.M., 1884.
Demonstrator bacteriology, 1885-1889, instructor, 1889-1891, assistant professor, 1891-1895, professor, since 1895, Harvard. Chairman of visiting staff Children’s Hospital. Editor Journal of Medical Research, since 1896.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (councilor), Association American Pathologists and Bacteriologists (secretary 1901-1908 and since 1909, president 1908-1909), Massachusetts Medical Society.
Married Ellen Lunt Frothingham, September 20, 1883.