Background
Fernald, Walter Elmore was born on February 11, 1859 in Kittery, Maine, United States. Son of William A. and Margery C. Fernald.
Fernald, Walter Elmore was born on February 11, 1859 in Kittery, Maine, United States. Son of William A. and Margery C. Fernald.
Preparatory education New Hampton (New Hampshire (U.S.)) Literature Institution. Doctor of Medicine Medical School of Maine (Bowdoin), 1881. Honorary Master of Arts from Harvard University, 1913.
Assistant physical, State Insane Hospital, Mendota, Wisconsin, 1882-1887. Superintendent of Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded, since 1887. Associate professor mental diseases, Tufts College.
Lecturer on mental diseases of children, Harvard Graduate School of Education Home: Waverly, Massachusetts
Married Kate M. Nolan, October 5, 1887.