Background
Magill, William Seagrove was born on July 7, 1866 in Lynne, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Alexander and Mathilda Wakefield (Smith) Magill.
Magill, William Seagrove was born on July 7, 1866 in Lynne, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Alexander and Mathilda Wakefield (Smith) Magill.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1887, Master of Arts, 1892. Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Science, University of Paris, 1889, Doctor of Medicine 1894. Studied Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1892-1897, University of Burich, 1894.
1 son, William Camille. Professor pathology and dean College of Medicine, University of West Virginia, 1900-1901. Research bacteriologist Carnegie Laboratory, New York, 1901-1903.
Special investigator, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, 1903-1908.
Surgeon New York Nose, Throat and Lung Hospital, 1908-1909. Director laboratories, New York State Department Health, 1909-1914.
Owner and operator Wolfram (tungsten) Mines, Portugal, 1917-1922. First Lieutenant United States Army Medical Reserve Corps, 1909-1915.
Chief interpreter International Tuberculosis Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 1909, and International Congress of Hygiene, Washington, 1912.
Lieutenant general Medical Corps, Russian Imperial 3d Army, 1914-1915. Inventor of processes and products mostly concerning milk in dry form for which over 400 patents have been issued.
Fellow American Academy Medicine. Member International University Committee (founder, Paris, 1896), et cetera Extensive contributor on medical subjects.
Married Camille Grandclement, Princess of Graves, Russia, 1915 (died 1928).