Background
Addison, William Henry Fitzgerald was born on April 23, 1880 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Hardill and Harriet Matilda (Rowe) Addison.
Addison, William Henry Fitzgerald was born on April 23, 1880 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Hardill and Harriet Matilda (Rowe) Addison.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1902, Bachelor of Medicine, 1905, Doctor of Medicine 1917. Studied in Europe 7 summers. Madrid, spring of 1928 with Ramónew york Cajal, spring of 1934 with Rio Hortega.
Eleanor (Mistress John M. Gilchrist). Demonstrator, histology and embryology University of Pennsylvania, 1905-1912, assistant professor, 1912-1919, professor, 1919-1948, professor emeritus, since 1948.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Member American Association Anatomists, American Society Naturalists, Philadelphia Zoöl. Society, Philadelphia Academy National Sciences, Philadelphia Pathology
Society, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Massachusetts), American Physiological Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Pi.
Married Eleanor Corkhill Adams, December 25, 1905 (died December 19, 1948).