Francis Julius Le Moyne lecture and matriculation tickets
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/237
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Francis Julius LeMoyne's matriculation
and lecture admission tickets, 1820-1822, document his education
in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
Faculty members whose lectures LeMoyne attended include: John
Redman Coxe on materia medica and pharmacy; William Gibson on
surgery; Robert Hare on chemistry; Thomas C. James on midwifery;
and Philip Syng Physick and William E. Horner on anatomy.
Dates
- 1820 - 1823
Creator
- Le Moyne, Francis Julius (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Francis Julius LeMoyne, physician and abolitionist, was born on
4 September 1798. He was the son of physician John Julius LeMoyne
de Villiers. LeMoyne married Madeleine Romaine Bureau in 1823;
they had eight children. LeMoyne died on 14 October 1879.
LeMoyne graduated from Washington College in 1815, studied medicine with his father, and then received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1823. He practiced medicine in Washington, Pa., until his retirement in 1853. During the 1830s, he was active in the abolitionist movement. LeMoyne became the first American to promote cremation and built the first crematorium in the country in 1876.
LeMoyne graduated from Washington College in 1815, studied medicine with his father, and then received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1823. He practiced medicine in Washington, Pa., until his retirement in 1853. During the 1830s, he was active in the abolitionist movement. LeMoyne became the first American to promote cremation and built the first crematorium in the country in 1876.
Extent
8 items
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Custodial History
The Francis Julius LeMoyne matriculation and lecture admission
tickets were donated as part of a larger gift of LeMoyne manuscript
material to the Historical Collections of the Library of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia by LeMoyne's great grandson,
V. L. Ellicott of Baltimore, Md., on 1 June 1977.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1991.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1991.
Creator
- Le Moyne, Francis Julius (Person)
- Title
- Francis Julius Le Moyne lecture and matriculation tickets
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
