Seth Scott Bishop
Born(1852-02-07)February 7, 1852
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
DiedSeptember 6, 1923(1923-09-06) (aged 71)
Evanston, Illinois
Burial placeGraceland Cemetery
EducationNorthwestern University
OccupationLaryngologist
Spouse
Jessie Abagail Button
(m. 1885)
Children2
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Seth Scott Bishop (February 7, 1852 – September 6, 1923) was a United States laryngologist. He practiced in Chicago.[1]

Biography

Bishop's grave (front, leftmost) at Graceland Cemetery

Seth Scott Bishop was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on February 7, 1852.[2] He graduated in 1876 at Northwestern University, and subsequently was appointed professor of otology at the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital and professor of diseases of the nose, throat, and ear at the Illinois Medical College.[3]

He married Jessie Abagail Button on March 23, 1885, and they had two children.[2]

He died at his home in Evanston, Illinois on September 6, 1923, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery.[4]

Literary activity

He became an editor of The Laryngoscope, and published a work on Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat, and Their Accessory Cavities (1897).[3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 John F. Fulton (1929). "Bishop, Seth Scott". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  2. 1 2 Waterman, A. N., ed. (1908). Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 347–349. Retrieved February 12, 2023 via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bishop, Seth Scott" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  4. "Dr. Seth Bishop, Widely Known Surgeon, is Dead". Chicago Tribune. September 7, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved February 12, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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