American physician and writer (1847-1935)
Robert Means Lawrence |
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Born | (1847-05-14)May 14, 1847
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Died | March 7, 1935(1935-03-07) (aged 87)
Boston, Massachusetts |
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Burial place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
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Education | Harvard Medical School |
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Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
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Spouse |
Katherine Lawrence Cleaveland
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Robert Means Lawrence (May 14, 1847 - March 7, 1935) was an American physician and writer.
Biography
Lawrence was born in Boston. His parents were William Richards Lawrence and Susan Coombs Dana.[1] His grandfather was Amos Adams Lawrence. He attended Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. in 1873.[1] He worked as a physician at the Boston Dispensary and as an assistant surgeon of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers (1877-1882).[1]
He married Katherine Lawrence Cleaveland on June 30, 1870 and lived in Lexington, Massachusetts.[1] They had two daughters, Madeline and Isabel. He later lived in Washington and then Boston.[1]
Lawrence was interested in genealogy. He was baptized at Cathedral Church of St. Paul and became a warden of the congregation.[1]
He died at his home in Boston on March 7, 1935, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.[2]
Publications
- Historical Sketches of Some Members of the Lawrence Family (1888)
- The Magic of the Horseshoe (1898)[3]
- The Descendants of Major Samuel Lawrence, of Groton, Massachusetts, With Some Mention of Allied Families (1904)
- Primitive Therapy and Quackery (1910)
- The Reverend Amos Adams, A.M. (1728-1775): Patriot Minister of Roxbury, Massachusetts (1912)
- The Site of Saint Paul's Cathedral, Boston, and Its Neighborhood (1916)
- Old Park Street and Its Vicinity (1922)
- New England Colonial Life (1927)
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