Background
Dear, William Richard was born on December 7, 1883 in Hamilton, Loudon County, Virginia, United States. Son of John William and Mary (Rogers) Dear.
Dear, William Richard was born on December 7, 1883 in Hamilton, Loudon County, Virginia, United States. Son of John William and Mary (Rogers) Dear.
Doctor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, 1906. Honor graduated from Army Medical School, 1909, advanced course, 1926. Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, 1931.
Corps), Frances Brooke. Interne Emergency Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, 1906-1907. Licensed to practice medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, 1908.
Commissioned First lieutenant, Medical Corps, 1908.
Advanced through the grades to brigadier general, 1941. Commander Medical Replacement Training Center, Camp Pickett, Virginia, 1941-1943.
Commanding General Northington General Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 20, 1943-April 1946.
Member American Medical Association (member of house of delegates from the United States Army).
Married Greta Marion Tibbetts, June 2, 1909. Children: Richard Hamilton Briarlie (officer Army Medical.