Education
Harvard University; Harvard Medical School.
Harvard University; Harvard Medical School.
He was Medical Director of the United States Navy and head of the Naval Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia Born in Bangor, Maine, Bright was a graduate of the Harvard Medical School (class of 1858). He joined the navy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 and served as surgeon on board the United States Ship South Carolina (1860) during its blockade of southern ports. He retired from the navy in 1899.
Bright is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia