Background
Howard, Herbert Burr was born on March 24, 1855 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Luther Grant and Sarah Burr (Damon) Howard.
Howard, Herbert Burr was born on March 24, 1855 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Luther Grant and Sarah Burr (Damon) Howard.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1881, Doctor of Medicine 1884.
In practice at Idaho Springs, Colorado, 1885-1887, Boston, since 1897. Assistant physical, 1884-1885, and 1887-1891, superintendent 1891-1897, Eastern State Hospital, Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Resident physical Massachusetts General Hospital, 1897-1908.
Superintendent Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1908-1919.
Member Massachusetts State Board of Insanity, since 1898(chairman 1908-1913).
Married Margaret Emily Pagelsen, October 1, 1886.