John Punnett Peters

Background

Peters, John Punnett was born on December 4, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Punnett and Gabriella Brooke (Forman) Peters.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1908. Doctor of Medicine College of Physicians and Surgical (Columbia), 1913.

Career

House physician Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1913-1915, assistant physician, 1916-1917. Instructor in clinical medicine, College of Physicians and Surgical, 1916-1917. Fellow Russell Sage Institute Pathology, 1917-1920.

Adjunct assistant visiting physical, Bellevue Hospital, 1919-1920.

Associate professor medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1920-1921, Yale, 1921-1927. John Slade Ely professor medicine, Yale, and associate physical New Haven Hospital and New Haven Dispensary, since 1927.

Consultant physician Norwalk and Stamford hospitals, since 1947.

Achievements

• John Punnett Peters has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain Medical Reserve Corps., United States Army, World War. Member National Academy Science, Royal Society Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biological Chemists, Association American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Harvey Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medical. Clubs: Interurban Clinical, Century.

Connections

Married Charlotte Morse Hodge, 1915. Children: John Hodge (Doctor of Medicine), Alice Richmond (Mistress David B. Irwin), Richard Morse (Doctor of Medicine), Charles Hodge.