Medical Pioneer. Born Thomas William Evans, he was a dentist who performed dental procedures on many heads of state, including Napoleon III, and is noted for popularizing a number of techniques that have since become standard, including the use of amalgam fillings and of the anesthesia nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas." In 1868 he helped found the American Register, the first American newspaper published in Paris, France. In 1870 he assisted in the escape of Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III, from Paris after the Battle of Sedan in France, which led to Napoleon III's capture by the Prussian army and put an end the Second French Empire. In 1884 he published the first English translation of the memoirs of German poet, journalist, and literary critic Heinrich Heine, to which he also wrote the introduction. He died in Paris at the age of 73. In his will, he left money and land for the founding of what was to become the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Medical Pioneer. Born Thomas William Evans, he was a dentist who performed dental procedures on many heads of state, including Napoleon III, and is noted for popularizing a number of techniques that have since become standard, including the use of amalgam fillings and of the anesthesia nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas." In 1868 he helped found the American Register, the first American newspaper published in Paris, France. In 1870 he assisted in the escape of Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III, from Paris after the Battle of Sedan in France, which led to Napoleon III's capture by the Prussian army and put an end the Second French Empire. In 1884 he published the first English translation of the memoirs of German poet, journalist, and literary critic Heinrich Heine, to which he also wrote the introduction. He died in Paris at the age of 73. In his will, he left money and land for the founding of what was to become the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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