Background
Faxon, Nathaniel Wales was born on August 12, 1880 in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Otis and Susan Reed (Wales) Faxon.
Faxon, Nathaniel Wales was born on August 12, 1880 in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Otis and Susan Reed (Wales) Faxon.
Graduate English High School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896, Hopkinson School, Boston, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1902, Doctor of Medicine 1905.
Surgical house officer Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1905-1906. General practice, Stoughton, 1906-1917. Assistant director Massachusetts General Hospital, 1919-1922.
Director Strong Memorial Hospital, 1922-1935, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1935-1949.
Served as First lieutenant, Medical Roman Catholic and major Medical corpus, United States army, World War. Member American Medical Association, American Hospital Association (president 1933-1934), Massachusetts Medical Society. Clubs: Harvard, Aesculapian (Boston).
Married Marie Bassett Conant, September 22, 1905. Children: Nathaniel Conant, William Otis II, Herbert Wales.