Background
Billings, John Shaw was born on April 12, 1839 in Switzerland Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Abbie (Shaw) Billings.
Billings, John Shaw was born on April 12, 1839 in Switzerland Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Abbie (Shaw) Billings.
Bachelor of Arts, Miami University, 1857, Master of Arts, 1860. Doctor of Medicine Medical College of Ohio, 1860. (Doctor of Laws, University of Edinburgh, 1884, Harvard, 1886, Buda-Pesth, 1896, Yale, 1901, Johns Hopkins, 1902.
Doctor of Medicine Munich, 1889, Dublin, 1892.
Doctor of Civil Law, Oxford, 1889).
Demonstrator anatomy, Medical College of Ohio, 1860-1861. Served in United States of America, as assistant surgeon, April 16, 1862. Major surgeon, December 2, 1876.
Lieutenant colonel deputy surgeon general, June 6, 1894.
Bvtd. captain, major and lieutenant colonel, March 13, 1865, “for faithful and meritorious services during the war”. In hospital service during Civil War.
Later medical inspector Army of the Potomac, in charge of library of surgeon-general’s office until his appointment, December 28, 1883, as curator Medical Museum and Library. Retired October 1, 1895.
In charge vital statistics 10th Census, vital and social statistics, 11th Census.
Professor hygiene, University of Pennsylvania, 1891, and director, 1893-1896. Director New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden foundations, since 1896. Chairman of the Board Carnegie Institution, since 1905.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Kate M. Stevens, September 3, 1862.