Dentist. He served as President of the Pennsylvania Dental College.
The Pennsylvania Dental College, or more formally The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, was founded in 1856 in Philadelphia and was the second oldest operating school of dentistry in the United States by the time of its closing in 1909. From its faculty came what are today the dental schools of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Henry C. Carey was president and hired many of the faculty of the defunct Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery which had been founded about four years earlier but had recently closed. Carey continued as president until his death in 1879.
The school's first location was 528 Arch Street, where its predecessor institution had been located. In 1863, the school experienced a bit of a setback when some of its resources departed to found a competitor, the Philadelphia Dental College, which later merged into Temple University. The school also moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. In 1878, another disruption occurred when the University of Pennsylvania began its own dental school. The University had been unable to secure a merger with either of the existing two schools but was able to entice away most of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery's faculty (four out of six professors). The school relocated again during this change, to Twelfth and Filbert Streets, hired additional faculty, and did not seem to suffer from the event.
In 1869, Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius, born in Germany, became the first woman to take a full college course in dentistry at the school. Fanny A. Rambarger became the second American woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1874 when she graduated from the school. Another famed graduate was John Henry “Doc” Holliday, who graduated at age 21 in 1872.
David Roberts, DDS, (1822-1891, buried in Section M, Plot 92) had been in practice several years before the school was organized; he nonetheless entered the first class of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and was graduated at its second commencement on February 28, 1854. Roberts was elected a member of the board, on February 23, 1875 and secretary on February 24, 1880. He continued to acceptably fill the office of secretary until his death, in the latter part of 1891.
In 1909, short of funds to modernize its equipment and enlarge its teaching staff, the school elected to close. Its remaining assets and records were given to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, effectively merging into the University.
The Pennsylvania Dental College, or more formally The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, was founded in 1856 in Philadelphia and was the second oldest operating school of dentistry in the United States by the time of its closing in 1909. From its faculty came what are today the dental schools of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Henry C. Carey was president and hired many of the faculty of the defunct Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery which had been founded about four years earlier but had recently closed. Carey continued as president until his death in 1879.
The school's first location was 528 Arch Street, where its predecessor institution had been located. In 1863, the school experienced a bit of a setback when some of its resources departed to found a competitor, the Philadelphia Dental College, which later merged into Temple University. The school also moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. In 1878, another disruption occurred when the University of Pennsylvania began its own dental school. The University had been unable to secure a merger with either of the existing two schools but was able to entice away most of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery's faculty (four out of six professors). The school relocated again during this change, to Twelfth and Filbert Streets, hired additional faculty, and did not seem to suffer from the event.
In 1869, Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius, born in Germany, became the first woman to take a full college course in dentistry at the school. Fanny A. Rambarger became the second American woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1874 when she graduated from the school. Another famed graduate was John Henry “Doc” Holliday, who graduated at age 21 in 1872.
David Roberts, DDS, (1822-1891, buried in Section M, Plot 92) had been in practice several years before the school was organized; he nonetheless entered the first class of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and was graduated at its second commencement on February 28, 1854. Roberts was elected a member of the board, on February 23, 1875 and secretary on February 24, 1880. He continued to acceptably fill the office of secretary until his death, in the latter part of 1891.
In 1909, short of funds to modernize its equipment and enlarge its teaching staff, the school elected to close. Its remaining assets and records were given to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, effectively merging into the University.
Dentist. He served as President of the Pennsylvania Dental College.
The Pennsylvania Dental College, or more formally The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, was founded in 1856 in Philadelphia and was the second oldest operating school of dentistry in the United States by the time of its closing in 1909. From its faculty came what are today the dental schools of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Henry C. Carey was president and hired many of the faculty of the defunct Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery which had been founded about four years earlier but had recently closed. Carey continued as president until his death in 1879.
The school's first location was 528 Arch Street, where its predecessor institution had been located. In 1863, the school experienced a bit of a setback when some of its resources departed to found a competitor, the Philadelphia Dental College, which later merged into Temple University. The school also moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. In 1878, another disruption occurred when the University of Pennsylvania began its own dental school. The University had been unable to secure a merger with either of the existing two schools but was able to entice away most of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery's faculty (four out of six professors). The school relocated again during this change, to Twelfth and Filbert Streets, hired additional faculty, and did not seem to suffer from the event.
In 1869, Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius, born in Germany, became the first woman to take a full college course in dentistry at the school. Fanny A. Rambarger became the second American woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1874 when she graduated from the school. Another famed graduate was John Henry “Doc” Holliday, who graduated at age 21 in 1872.
David Roberts, DDS, (1822-1891, buried in Section M, Plot 92) had been in practice several years before the school was organized; he nonetheless entered the first class of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and was graduated at its second commencement on February 28, 1854. Roberts was elected a member of the board, on February 23, 1875 and secretary on February 24, 1880. He continued to acceptably fill the office of secretary until his death, in the latter part of 1891.
In 1909, short of funds to modernize its equipment and enlarge its teaching staff, the school elected to close. Its remaining assets and records were given to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, effectively merging into the University.
The Pennsylvania Dental College, or more formally The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, was founded in 1856 in Philadelphia and was the second oldest operating school of dentistry in the United States by the time of its closing in 1909. From its faculty came what are today the dental schools of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Henry C. Carey was president and hired many of the faculty of the defunct Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery which had been founded about four years earlier but had recently closed. Carey continued as president until his death in 1879.
The school's first location was 528 Arch Street, where its predecessor institution had been located. In 1863, the school experienced a bit of a setback when some of its resources departed to found a competitor, the Philadelphia Dental College, which later merged into Temple University. The school also moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. In 1878, another disruption occurred when the University of Pennsylvania began its own dental school. The University had been unable to secure a merger with either of the existing two schools but was able to entice away most of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery's faculty (four out of six professors). The school relocated again during this change, to Twelfth and Filbert Streets, hired additional faculty, and did not seem to suffer from the event.
In 1869, Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius, born in Germany, became the first woman to take a full college course in dentistry at the school. Fanny A. Rambarger became the second American woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1874 when she graduated from the school. Another famed graduate was John Henry “Doc” Holliday, who graduated at age 21 in 1872.
David Roberts, DDS, (1822-1891, buried in Section M, Plot 92) had been in practice several years before the school was organized; he nonetheless entered the first class of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, and was graduated at its second commencement on February 28, 1854. Roberts was elected a member of the board, on February 23, 1875 and secretary on February 24, 1880. He continued to acceptably fill the office of secretary until his death, in the latter part of 1891.
In 1909, short of funds to modernize its equipment and enlarge its teaching staff, the school elected to close. Its remaining assets and records were given to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, effectively merging into the University.
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