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Dr Robert Dortch Baskervill

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Dr Robert Dortch Baskervill

Birth
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Sep 1891 (aged 64)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Lombardy Grove, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.67533, Longitude: -78.20985
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Graduate University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Commissioned an officer (Captain) in Company F, Virginia 14th Infantry Regiment on 12 May 1861. Mustered out on 22 Nov 1861.

Dr. Robert D. Baskervill built up an unusually successful practice, and acquired a considerable reputation beyond his own locality. It is said of him, "He had more than a local reputation as a physician and surgeon. His contributions to the medical journals of his day were widely read by the medical profession, some of them having been translated and republished in medical journals of foreign countries. He was one of the most influential men in Mecklenburg Co. Baskerville (station on the Southern R. R.) was named in honor of him."


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Graduate University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

Commissioned an officer (Captain) in Company F, Virginia 14th Infantry Regiment on 12 May 1861. Mustered out on 22 Nov 1861.

Dr. Robert D. Baskervill built up an unusually successful practice, and acquired a considerable reputation beyond his own locality. It is said of him, "He had more than a local reputation as a physician and surgeon. His contributions to the medical journals of his day were widely read by the medical profession, some of them having been translated and republished in medical journals of foreign countries. He was one of the most influential men in Mecklenburg Co. Baskerville (station on the Southern R. R.) was named in honor of him."


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