Buried with his wife and daughter but only his space is marked∼SURGEON AND MEDICAL DOCTOR
Born in Utica, New York,son of Charles Addison and Emma Bagg Mann, Matthew attended local schools and then went abroad for three years, traveling Europe. He eventually matriculated at Yale College in 1863, graduating with BA & MA(hon.) in 1867. Then taking time to travel again, but in the opening areas of the US West,he changed his vocational interests. Thereafter, he changed from law to medicine. He then took medical training at State University of New York (SUNY) and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (honors) at Columbia University with a medical degree and a specialization in women's diseases. He opened his practice in New York. Then went abroad again for further travel and training in Vienna, Heidelburg and London. By 1879 he had opened a practice in Hartford,CT, in 1880 he was Lecturer at medical faculty of Yale U.. By 1882 he accepted department Chair, then Deanship of the U. of Buffalo Medical School where he remained for over 25 years.
He had married Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Daniel N. and Charlotte S.Pope in St. Paul MN, on 11 Nov 1869--during his travels in the West. The couple eventually had nine children: Helen, Ethel,Edward Cox, Emma, Arthur, Paul Ford, Mathew Derbyshire, Alan Newhall, and Richard Leach. Four of them were particularly talented students and attended Yale College, all graduating with honors.
The family moved a number of times before finally settling in Buffalo, NY. Once there Matthew practiced, taught and published with flurry of activity. He chaired several journals and professional societies, was elected a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons,American Society of Gynecology and President of the New York Medical Society.Dr. Mann had become a very prominent specialist in the new specialty of Women's medicine with a national reputation..
A dramatic moment of national prominence for Dr Mann changed US history. Dr. Mann was selected to be lead surgeon of a team that was hastily called together in Buffalo, NY on Sept. 6 1901---the day President William McKinley was shot at the World's Exposition. The wounded President was brought to the Buffalo Hospital for emergency care. Despite efforts to remove bullet and save him, he died. The team of surgeons, included Dr. Mann, were highly praised for their valiant professionalism as heroes, despite the tragic ending.
Dr. Mann continued to practice privately after eventually leaving his academic post. He died still practicing his art, on 11 March 1921. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
[this biography is based on a longer text by James J. Walsh,in History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress" (1929).]
Born in Utica, New York,son of Charles Addison and Emma Bagg Mann, Matthew attended local schools and then went abroad for three years, traveling Europe. He eventually matriculated at Yale College in 1863, graduating with BA & MA(hon.) in 1867. Then taking time to travel again, but in the opening areas of the US West,he changed his vocational interests. Thereafter, he changed from law to medicine. He then took medical training at State University of New York (SUNY) and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (honors) at Columbia University with a medical degree and a specialization in women's diseases. He opened his practice in New York. Then went abroad again for further travel and training in Vienna, Heidelburg and London. By 1879 he had opened a practice in Hartford,CT, in 1880 he was Lecturer at medical faculty of Yale U.. By 1882 he accepted department Chair, then Deanship of the U. of Buffalo Medical School where he remained for over 25 years.
He had married Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Daniel N. and Charlotte S.Pope in St. Paul MN, on 11 Nov 1869--during his travels in the West. The couple eventually had nine children: Helen, Ethel,Edward Cox, Emma, Arthur, Paul Ford, Mathew Derbyshire, Alan Newhall, and Richard Leach. Four of them were particularly talented students and attended Yale College, all graduating with honors.
The family moved a number of times before finally settling in Buffalo, NY. Once there Matthew practiced, taught and published with flurry of activity. He chaired several journals and professional societies, was elected a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons,American Society of Gynecology and President of the New York Medical Society.Dr. Mann had become a very prominent specialist in the new specialty of Women's medicine with a national reputation..
A dramatic moment of national prominence for Dr Mann changed US history. Dr. Mann was selected to be lead surgeon of a team that was hastily called together in Buffalo, NY on Sept. 6 1901---the day President William McKinley was shot at the World's Exposition. The wounded President was brought to the Buffalo Hospital for emergency care. Despite efforts to remove bullet and save him, he died. The team of surgeons, included Dr. Mann, were highly praised for their valiant professionalism as heroes, despite the tragic ending.
Dr. Mann continued to practice privately after eventually leaving his academic post. He died still practicing his art, on 11 March 1921. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
[this biography is based on a longer text by James J. Walsh,in History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress" (1929).]
Buried with his wife and daughter but only his space is marked∼SURGEON AND MEDICAL DOCTOR
Born in Utica, New York,son of Charles Addison and Emma Bagg Mann, Matthew attended local schools and then went abroad for three years, traveling Europe. He eventually matriculated at Yale College in 1863, graduating with BA & MA(hon.) in 1867. Then taking time to travel again, but in the opening areas of the US West,he changed his vocational interests. Thereafter, he changed from law to medicine. He then took medical training at State University of New York (SUNY) and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (honors) at Columbia University with a medical degree and a specialization in women's diseases. He opened his practice in New York. Then went abroad again for further travel and training in Vienna, Heidelburg and London. By 1879 he had opened a practice in Hartford,CT, in 1880 he was Lecturer at medical faculty of Yale U.. By 1882 he accepted department Chair, then Deanship of the U. of Buffalo Medical School where he remained for over 25 years.
He had married Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Daniel N. and Charlotte S.Pope in St. Paul MN, on 11 Nov 1869--during his travels in the West. The couple eventually had nine children: Helen, Ethel,Edward Cox, Emma, Arthur, Paul Ford, Mathew Derbyshire, Alan Newhall, and Richard Leach. Four of them were particularly talented students and attended Yale College, all graduating with honors.
The family moved a number of times before finally settling in Buffalo, NY. Once there Matthew practiced, taught and published with flurry of activity. He chaired several journals and professional societies, was elected a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons,American Society of Gynecology and President of the New York Medical Society.Dr. Mann had become a very prominent specialist in the new specialty of Women's medicine with a national reputation..
A dramatic moment of national prominence for Dr Mann changed US history. Dr. Mann was selected to be lead surgeon of a team that was hastily called together in Buffalo, NY on Sept. 6 1901---the day President William McKinley was shot at the World's Exposition. The wounded President was brought to the Buffalo Hospital for emergency care. Despite efforts to remove bullet and save him, he died. The team of surgeons, included Dr. Mann, were highly praised for their valiant professionalism as heroes, despite the tragic ending.
Dr. Mann continued to practice privately after eventually leaving his academic post. He died still practicing his art, on 11 March 1921. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
[this biography is based on a longer text by James J. Walsh,in History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress" (1929).]
Born in Utica, New York,son of Charles Addison and Emma Bagg Mann, Matthew attended local schools and then went abroad for three years, traveling Europe. He eventually matriculated at Yale College in 1863, graduating with BA & MA(hon.) in 1867. Then taking time to travel again, but in the opening areas of the US West,he changed his vocational interests. Thereafter, he changed from law to medicine. He then took medical training at State University of New York (SUNY) and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (honors) at Columbia University with a medical degree and a specialization in women's diseases. He opened his practice in New York. Then went abroad again for further travel and training in Vienna, Heidelburg and London. By 1879 he had opened a practice in Hartford,CT, in 1880 he was Lecturer at medical faculty of Yale U.. By 1882 he accepted department Chair, then Deanship of the U. of Buffalo Medical School where he remained for over 25 years.
He had married Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Daniel N. and Charlotte S.Pope in St. Paul MN, on 11 Nov 1869--during his travels in the West. The couple eventually had nine children: Helen, Ethel,Edward Cox, Emma, Arthur, Paul Ford, Mathew Derbyshire, Alan Newhall, and Richard Leach. Four of them were particularly talented students and attended Yale College, all graduating with honors.
The family moved a number of times before finally settling in Buffalo, NY. Once there Matthew practiced, taught and published with flurry of activity. He chaired several journals and professional societies, was elected a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons,American Society of Gynecology and President of the New York Medical Society.Dr. Mann had become a very prominent specialist in the new specialty of Women's medicine with a national reputation..
A dramatic moment of national prominence for Dr Mann changed US history. Dr. Mann was selected to be lead surgeon of a team that was hastily called together in Buffalo, NY on Sept. 6 1901---the day President William McKinley was shot at the World's Exposition. The wounded President was brought to the Buffalo Hospital for emergency care. Despite efforts to remove bullet and save him, he died. The team of surgeons, included Dr. Mann, were highly praised for their valiant professionalism as heroes, despite the tragic ending.
Dr. Mann continued to practice privately after eventually leaving his academic post. He died still practicing his art, on 11 March 1921. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
[this biography is based on a longer text by James J. Walsh,in History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress" (1929).]
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