| Birth: | Apr. 10, 1834
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Dec. 6, 1910 | 
Physician. He was the author of Modern Surgery and authored and co-authored a variety of medical textbooks during his career. He was a Professor of Medicine at the Thomas Jefferson Medical School. He was chief gynecologist at Jefferson Hospital and St. Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. He was the son of John C. DaCosta and Hannah Norris. He edited the first American edition of Gray's Anatomy in 1905.
During the Civil war he served in the State Fencibles Pennsylvania Militia.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary A. Gould Meigs Dacosta (1841 - 1897)
Children:
Infant Children DaCosta (1869 - 1869)*
John Chalmers DaCosta (1871 - 1920)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Original stone, re-inscribed. | | | Burial:
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section 7, Lot 9-10 |
Created by: rjschatz
Record added: Apr 29, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14119122 |
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