Background
Whitehead, Richard Henry was born on July 27, 1865 in Salisbury North Carolina. Son of Marcellus (Doctor of Medicine and Virginia (Coleman) W.
Whitehead, Richard Henry was born on July 27, 1865 in Salisbury North Carolina. Son of Marcellus (Doctor of Medicine and Virginia (Coleman) W.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest College, North Carolina, 1886. Doctor of Medicine University of Virginia, 1887. Doctor of Laws, University of North Carolina, 1910.
Demonstrator anatomy, University of Virginia, 1887-1889. Professor anatomy and dean medical Department, University of North Carolina, 1891-1905. Professor anatomy and dean of medical department, University of Virginia, since 1905.
Author: Anatomy of the Brain, 1900.
Contributor of anatomical and pathological papers to medical journals
Married Virgilia Whitehead, June 4, 1891.