Will of Ezekiel Hersey
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Title
Will of Ezekiel Hersey
Subject
Hersey, Ezekiel, 1709-1770
Harvard Medical School
Wills
Anatomy
Description
In his will, Hingham physician Ezekiel Hersey bequeathed £1,000 to the Harvard Corporation to fund a professorship in anatomy and physic [physiology]. Although it took some years for the Corporation to establish a program of medical study, in 1792, the Hersey legacy was used to endow the first two chairs at the Harvard Medical School—the professorship of anatomy and surgery, filled by John Warren, and the professorship of the theory and practice of physic, filled by Benjamin Waterhouse.
Abstract
Manuscript will of Ezekiel Hersey, bequeathing £1,000 to Harvard to fund the professorship of anatomy and physic
Creator
Hersey, Ezekiel, 1709-1770
Date Created
1770 November 29
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (B MS Misc.)
Format
text
Extent
1 will
Language
English
Type
text
Provenance
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1970
Files
Citation
Hersey, Ezekiel, 1709-1770, “Will of Ezekiel Hersey,” OnView, accessed May 4, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6552.