Kemp Plummer Battle

Background

Battle, Kemp Plummer was born on March 9, 1859 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Kemp Plummer and Martha Ann (Battle) Battle.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1879. Doctor of Medicine University of Virginia, 1881. Doctor of Medicine Bellevue Hospital Medical College (New York University), 1882.

Career

Interne Charity Hospital, Blackwell’s Island, New York, 1882-1883, Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum, 1884. Assistant surgeon United States Marine Hospital Service, 1884-1885. Professor physiology, Leonard Medical School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1885-1913.

Professor diseases ear, throat and nose, Medical Department, University of North Carolina, 1903-1910.

Member firm of Doctorates Lewis, Battle & Wright. Visiting surgeon to local hospitals.

Achievements

• Kemp Plummer Battle has been listed as a noteworthy oculist, aurist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member firm of Doctorates Lewis, Battle & Wright. Visiting surgeon to local hospitals. Member State Medical Examining Board, North Carolina, 1897-1900.

Connections

Married Eliza North. McKee, February 4, 1890. Married second, Sally Hall Smith Strong, October 20, 1920.