Fordyce Barker

Full Name: Benjamin Fordyce Barker

Physician

Centurion, 1851–1891

Proposed by
Russell Smith

born May 2, 1818
Wilton, Maine

died May 30, 1891
New York (Manhattan), New York

elected March 1, 1851
Age thirty-two

buried Yantic Cemetery,
Norwich, Connecticut

proposer of

Charles A. Peabody

seconder of

Member portrait of Fordyce Barker — Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 17

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Archivist’s Notes

He ostensibly resigned sometime before 1855 and was reinstated in February 1867 with a new set of proposers: Dudley B. Fuller and William Bond.

Century Memorial

One of the best known physicians of New York was Dr. Fordyce Barker, who was held in high esteem not only for his professional eminence, but also for his personal and social qualities. He was educated in the best schools at home and in Europe; occupied for many years the Chair of Professor in various medical colleges; was prominent in the various medical societies at home and abroad; was an author of acknowledged merit and a valued contributor to medical literature. He was a favorite family physician, a most graceful and genial host, a welcome guest everywhere, a student and lover of literature and music, a generous-hearted, cheerful, charming man, with a circle of friends as large as his acquaintance.

Henry E. Howland
1892 Century Association Yearbook

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