William Campbell Posey

Background

Posey, William Campbell was born on July 5, 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David Root and Emily Jewell (Campbell) Posey.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1886, Doctor of Medicine 1889.

Career

Emeritus surgeon Wills Eye Hospital. Consultant surgeon Howard Hospital, Philadelphia. Director National Committee for Prevention of Blindness.

Author: Treatise on Diseases of the Eye, Nose, Throat and Ear (with Doctor Jonathan Wright), 1903.

Edited 6th American edit Nettleship’s Diseases of the Eye, 1900.

The Eye and the Nervous System (with Doctor William G. Spiller), 1906. Hygiene of the Eye, 1917.

The Wills Hospital (with Doctor Samuel H. Brown), 1931.

Chairman Draft Exemption Board, 1917. Home: Radnor, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• William Campbell Posey has been listed as a noteworthy ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Hadassah Hamilton Felton, December 1910.

Father:

David Root Posey

Mother:

Emily Jewell (Campbell) Posey

Spouse:

Hadassah Hamilton Felton