Background
Beyer, Henry Gustav was born on October 28, 1850 in Saxony. Son of Carl and Wilhelmine (Scheibe) Beyer.
medical director United States Navy
Beyer, Henry Gustav was born on October 28, 1850 in Saxony. Son of Carl and Wilhelmine (Scheibe) Beyer.
Educational public schools, Hohenstein Ernstthal to 1864. Private instruction (classical) till 1866, pharmacy till 1869. Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York University), 1876.
Member Royal College of Surgeons, London, 1881.
Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1887.
Appointed from New York, assistant surgeon United States Navy, May 19, 1876. Passed assistant surgeon, April 30, 1880. Surgeon, May 19, 1893.
Medical inspector, 1905.
Medical director, 1910, retired, 1912. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, 1876-1877.
Various assignments to 1897. On United States Ship Amphitrite, 1897-1899, and during Spanish-American War.
Wabash, Boston, 1899-1901.
United States Ship Prairie, 1901-1903. Fleet surgeon Pacific Fleet, 1905-1907.
Member of the board on barracks, visiting England and Germany (special commission), 1903-1904.
Married Harriet West. Wescott, May 6, 1880 (died January 4, 1891).