Background
Detweiler, Herbert Knudsen was born on September 24, 1886 in Kitchener, Ontario. Son of Samuel S. and Emma Louise (Knudson) Detweiler.
Detweiler, Herbert Knudsen was born on September 24, 1886 in Kitchener, Ontario. Son of Samuel S. and Emma Louise (Knudson) Detweiler.
Student Galt Collegiate Institute, 1900-1906. Bachelor of Medicine, U. Toronto, 1914, Doctor of Medicine cum laude, 1916.
Bacteriology U. Toronto Medical School, 1914-1919. Associate professor medicine, 1936-1949. Associate medicine, attending physician Toronto General Hospital, also consultant physician, since 1949.
Physician-in-chief Toronto Western Hospital, 1936-1949, consultant physician, since 1949.
Consultant physician for Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Fellow American College of Physicians (1st vice president 1957-1958), Royal College Physicians (Canada). Clubs: Royal Canadian Yacht (commodore 1950-1952), York (Toronto).
Married East. Velyian Williamson, June 29, 1918. Children: Joyce Alexandra, Alan Gregory.