Background
Longcope, Warfield Theobald was born on March 29, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of George von S. and Ruth (Theobald) L.
Longcope, Warfield Theobald was born on March 29, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of George von S. and Ruth (Theobald) L.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1897. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1901. Doctor of Laws, Saint John's College, 1934, Johns Hopkins University, 1951.
Doctor of Science, University Rochester, 1941.
Docteur “honoris causa,” U. Paris, 1945.
Resident pathologist of Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, 1901-1904. Director Ayer Clinical Laboratory, same, 1904-1911. Assistant professor applied medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1909-1911.
Associate Professor practice of medicine, 1911-1914, Bard professor, 1914-1921, Columbia.
Associate visiting physician, 1911-1914, director medical service Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1914-1921. Professor medicine Johns Hospkins Medical school and physician in chief Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1922-1946.
Commissioned major, Medical O.R.C., 1917. On active duty medical division, Office of Surgeon General United States Army, Washington, August 1917-July 1918.
Colonel, Medical corpus, United States army, American Expeditionary Force, July 1918-January 1919.
Fellow (honorary) College Physicians (Philadelphia). Member Association American Physicians, American Medical Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Experimental Pathology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Clinical Society, American Clinic and Climatological Society, Harvey Society, Medico Chirurgical Faculty of Medical, Baltimore City Medical Society, National Academy Sciences. Member Royal Society of Medicine, Societe des Hôpital, Paris, Honorary.
Fellow Scandanavian Congress for International Medical Extensive investigations in clinical medicine and in pathology.
Married Janet Percy Dana, December 2, 1915. Children: Barbara, Duncan, Mary Lee, Christopher.