Buried in the Finch lot with his sister Harriet (Bronson) Finch.
Edward Bennet Bronson, B.A. 1865.
Born June 11, 1843, in Hartford, Conn
Died November 18, 1925, in New York City.
Father, Thomas Bronson (B A. 1829), a Congregational minister and a teacher; son of Bennet Bronson (B.A. 1797) and Anne (Smith) Bronson; descendant of John Bronson, who came to Hartford from England in 1636, was an original proprietor of Farmington in 1641, and later settled at Waterbury, Conn.
Mother, Cynthia Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bronson; daughter of Cyrus M. and Betsey (McCall) Bartlett.
Yale relatives include: Nathaniel Smith (honorary M A. 1795) and Nathan Smith (honorary MA. 1808) (great-uncles); Dr. Jesse Bronson (B A. 1826) and Henry Bronson (M.D. 1827) (uncles); Bennet Bronson, '09 (nephew); and Samuel L. Bronson, '55, Nathan S. Bronson, '56 S, S. Henry Bronson, '66 M., Dr Thomas S. Bronson, '86 S., Ezekiel S. Bronson, '00, Theodore L. Bronson, '12, George P. Murdock, '19, and Bennet B Murdock, '23 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School, Hartford Member Varuna Boat Club, Brothers in Unity, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon Studied in Yale School of Medicine for six months during 1865-66 and then at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, for two years (M D 1869); interne at Bellevue Hospital April, 1868-October, 1869,spent next three years abroad, studying German and medicine in Berlin, Dresden, and Prague for six months and medicine in Vienna for two years (gave especial attention to skin diseases) and devoting six months to travel and study in Italy, Pans,and London, in 1872 began practice in New York City, which had been his home ever since, although he retired from practice a few years before his death; professor of dermatology at New York Polychnic Medical School and Hospital 1882-1904 and then professor emeritus; had been assistant surgeon to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, visiting surgeon to New York Dispensary, visiting physician to City Hospital, House of Mercy, and Chanty Hospital,-attending surgeon and later consulting physician to Outdoor Poor Department of Bellevue Hospital, attending physician to Northern Dispensary, consulting physician to Babies' Hospital, and pathologist to Metropolitan Throat Hospital; contributed article on the "Syphilitic Corpuscle of Losterfer" to New York Medical Record; subsequently wrote series of articles on same subject for Medical Press and Circular of London; collaborator on Archives of Dermatology; contributor to American Journal of Syphilis and Dermatology; member editorial staff of Medical Record; one of the translators of Ziemssen's Cyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine; member American Medical Association, American Dermatological Association, American Therapeutic Society, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Dermatological Society, Medical Society of the County of New York, Greater New York Medical Association, Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association, and Harvey Society; served on 1865 Class Committee for a time.
Unmarried. Burned to death in a fire that completely destroyed his home. Buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. By the terms of his will a bequest of $10,000 was left to Yale University to be added to the contribution of the Class of 1865 to the Alumni University Fund.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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Edward Bennet Bronson, B.A. 1865.
Born June 11, 1843, in Hartford, Conn
Died November 18, 1925, in New York City.
Father, Thomas Bronson (B A. 1829), a Congregational minister and a teacher; son of Bennet Bronson (B.A. 1797) and Anne (Smith) Bronson; descendant of John Bronson, who came to Hartford from England in 1636, was an original proprietor of Farmington in 1641, and later settled at Waterbury, Conn.
Mother, Cynthia Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bronson; daughter of Cyrus M. and Betsey (McCall) Bartlett.
Yale relatives include: Nathaniel Smith (honorary M A. 1795) and Nathan Smith (honorary MA. 1808) (great-uncles); Dr. Jesse Bronson (B A. 1826) and Henry Bronson (M.D. 1827) (uncles); Bennet Bronson, '09 (nephew); and Samuel L. Bronson, '55, Nathan S. Bronson, '56 S, S. Henry Bronson, '66 M., Dr Thomas S. Bronson, '86 S., Ezekiel S. Bronson, '00, Theodore L. Bronson, '12, George P. Murdock, '19, and Bennet B Murdock, '23 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School, Hartford Member Varuna Boat Club, Brothers in Unity, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon Studied in Yale School of Medicine for six months during 1865-66 and then at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, for two years (M D 1869); interne at Bellevue Hospital April, 1868-October, 1869,spent next three years abroad, studying German and medicine in Berlin, Dresden, and Prague for six months and medicine in Vienna for two years (gave especial attention to skin diseases) and devoting six months to travel and study in Italy, Pans,and London, in 1872 began practice in New York City, which had been his home ever since, although he retired from practice a few years before his death; professor of dermatology at New York Polychnic Medical School and Hospital 1882-1904 and then professor emeritus; had been assistant surgeon to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, visiting surgeon to New York Dispensary, visiting physician to City Hospital, House of Mercy, and Chanty Hospital,-attending surgeon and later consulting physician to Outdoor Poor Department of Bellevue Hospital, attending physician to Northern Dispensary, consulting physician to Babies' Hospital, and pathologist to Metropolitan Throat Hospital; contributed article on the "Syphilitic Corpuscle of Losterfer" to New York Medical Record; subsequently wrote series of articles on same subject for Medical Press and Circular of London; collaborator on Archives of Dermatology; contributor to American Journal of Syphilis and Dermatology; member editorial staff of Medical Record; one of the translators of Ziemssen's Cyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine; member American Medical Association, American Dermatological Association, American Therapeutic Society, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Dermatological Society, Medical Society of the County of New York, Greater New York Medical Association, Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association, and Harvey Society; served on 1865 Class Committee for a time.
Unmarried. Burned to death in a fire that completely destroyed his home. Buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. By the terms of his will a bequest of $10,000 was left to Yale University to be added to the contribution of the Class of 1865 to the Alumni University Fund.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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Buried in the Finch lot with his sister Harriet (Bronson) Finch.
Edward Bennet Bronson, B.A. 1865.
Born June 11, 1843, in Hartford, Conn
Died November 18, 1925, in New York City.
Father, Thomas Bronson (B A. 1829), a Congregational minister and a teacher; son of Bennet Bronson (B.A. 1797) and Anne (Smith) Bronson; descendant of John Bronson, who came to Hartford from England in 1636, was an original proprietor of Farmington in 1641, and later settled at Waterbury, Conn.
Mother, Cynthia Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bronson; daughter of Cyrus M. and Betsey (McCall) Bartlett.
Yale relatives include: Nathaniel Smith (honorary M A. 1795) and Nathan Smith (honorary MA. 1808) (great-uncles); Dr. Jesse Bronson (B A. 1826) and Henry Bronson (M.D. 1827) (uncles); Bennet Bronson, '09 (nephew); and Samuel L. Bronson, '55, Nathan S. Bronson, '56 S, S. Henry Bronson, '66 M., Dr Thomas S. Bronson, '86 S., Ezekiel S. Bronson, '00, Theodore L. Bronson, '12, George P. Murdock, '19, and Bennet B Murdock, '23 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School, Hartford Member Varuna Boat Club, Brothers in Unity, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon Studied in Yale School of Medicine for six months during 1865-66 and then at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, for two years (M D 1869); interne at Bellevue Hospital April, 1868-October, 1869,spent next three years abroad, studying German and medicine in Berlin, Dresden, and Prague for six months and medicine in Vienna for two years (gave especial attention to skin diseases) and devoting six months to travel and study in Italy, Pans,and London, in 1872 began practice in New York City, which had been his home ever since, although he retired from practice a few years before his death; professor of dermatology at New York Polychnic Medical School and Hospital 1882-1904 and then professor emeritus; had been assistant surgeon to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, visiting surgeon to New York Dispensary, visiting physician to City Hospital, House of Mercy, and Chanty Hospital,-attending surgeon and later consulting physician to Outdoor Poor Department of Bellevue Hospital, attending physician to Northern Dispensary, consulting physician to Babies' Hospital, and pathologist to Metropolitan Throat Hospital; contributed article on the "Syphilitic Corpuscle of Losterfer" to New York Medical Record; subsequently wrote series of articles on same subject for Medical Press and Circular of London; collaborator on Archives of Dermatology; contributor to American Journal of Syphilis and Dermatology; member editorial staff of Medical Record; one of the translators of Ziemssen's Cyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine; member American Medical Association, American Dermatological Association, American Therapeutic Society, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Dermatological Society, Medical Society of the County of New York, Greater New York Medical Association, Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association, and Harvey Society; served on 1865 Class Committee for a time.
Unmarried. Burned to death in a fire that completely destroyed his home. Buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. By the terms of his will a bequest of $10,000 was left to Yale University to be added to the contribution of the Class of 1865 to the Alumni University Fund.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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Edward Bennet Bronson, B.A. 1865.
Born June 11, 1843, in Hartford, Conn
Died November 18, 1925, in New York City.
Father, Thomas Bronson (B A. 1829), a Congregational minister and a teacher; son of Bennet Bronson (B.A. 1797) and Anne (Smith) Bronson; descendant of John Bronson, who came to Hartford from England in 1636, was an original proprietor of Farmington in 1641, and later settled at Waterbury, Conn.
Mother, Cynthia Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bronson; daughter of Cyrus M. and Betsey (McCall) Bartlett.
Yale relatives include: Nathaniel Smith (honorary M A. 1795) and Nathan Smith (honorary MA. 1808) (great-uncles); Dr. Jesse Bronson (B A. 1826) and Henry Bronson (M.D. 1827) (uncles); Bennet Bronson, '09 (nephew); and Samuel L. Bronson, '55, Nathan S. Bronson, '56 S, S. Henry Bronson, '66 M., Dr Thomas S. Bronson, '86 S., Ezekiel S. Bronson, '00, Theodore L. Bronson, '12, George P. Murdock, '19, and Bennet B Murdock, '23 (cousins).
Hopkins Grammar School, Hartford Member Varuna Boat Club, Brothers in Unity, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Psi Upsilon Studied in Yale School of Medicine for six months during 1865-66 and then at College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, for two years (M D 1869); interne at Bellevue Hospital April, 1868-October, 1869,spent next three years abroad, studying German and medicine in Berlin, Dresden, and Prague for six months and medicine in Vienna for two years (gave especial attention to skin diseases) and devoting six months to travel and study in Italy, Pans,and London, in 1872 began practice in New York City, which had been his home ever since, although he retired from practice a few years before his death; professor of dermatology at New York Polychnic Medical School and Hospital 1882-1904 and then professor emeritus; had been assistant surgeon to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, visiting surgeon to New York Dispensary, visiting physician to City Hospital, House of Mercy, and Chanty Hospital,-attending surgeon and later consulting physician to Outdoor Poor Department of Bellevue Hospital, attending physician to Northern Dispensary, consulting physician to Babies' Hospital, and pathologist to Metropolitan Throat Hospital; contributed article on the "Syphilitic Corpuscle of Losterfer" to New York Medical Record; subsequently wrote series of articles on same subject for Medical Press and Circular of London; collaborator on Archives of Dermatology; contributor to American Journal of Syphilis and Dermatology; member editorial staff of Medical Record; one of the translators of Ziemssen's Cyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine; member American Medical Association, American Dermatological Association, American Therapeutic Society, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Dermatological Society, Medical Society of the County of New York, Greater New York Medical Association, Bellevue Hospital Alumni Association, and Harvey Society; served on 1865 Class Committee for a time.
Unmarried. Burned to death in a fire that completely destroyed his home. Buried in Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Mass. By the terms of his will a bequest of $10,000 was left to Yale University to be added to the contribution of the Class of 1865 to the Alumni University Fund.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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Listed in interment book #3, entry #3911
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