Background
Councilman, William Thomas was born on January 1, 1854 in Pikesville, Maryland, United States. Son of Doctor John T. and Christiana Drummond (Mitchell) Councilman.
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William Thomas Councilman
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Studied at Saint Paul’s and Saint Peter’s Schools, Auckland. Was apprenticed to his uncle, the then proprietor of the New Zealander, daily paper, and learned the printing business. Was manager Dunedin Age, evening paper, and filled responsible positions in other offices throughout the colony.
Career
He is remembered for his contribution in a monograph on amoebic dysentery (1891) which described detailed observations of it and its parasite. He is even better known for his work on Yellow Fever. Doctor William Thomas Councilman served as the first pathologist-in-chief at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH).
Doctor Councilman had arrived in Harvard Medical School earlier in 1892 and was an expert in the study of amebiasis, diphtheria, smallpox, and yellow fever.
His vivid morphologic description of changes seen in the liver of yellow fever lives on today as "Councilman body". In 1916, he went with the Rice Expedition, led by Alexander H. Rice, Junior., to the Amazon and Brazil.
With Robert Archibald Lambert, he wrote a report and book on the expedition which was published in 1918. By invitation, two years after his retirement at Harvard, he temporarily joined the staff of the Peking Union Medical College in China.
A gifted horticulturist, Councilman always found time to care for his beautiful garden outside his office.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia Academy Medicine.
Connections
Married Isabella Coolidge, December 17, 1894. Children: Isabella Coolidge (Mistress Frank Wigglesworth), Christiana Drummond (Mistress William Otho Potwin Morgan), Elizabeth Lydia.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Liberal Party member