Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
William Sturgis Bigelow
Physician/Collector
Centurion, 1893–1926
Proposed by
Richard Morris Hunt and Richard Watson Gilder
Richard Morris Hunt and Richard Watson Gilder
born
April 4, 1850
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
died
October 5, 1926
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
elected
May 6, 1893
Age forty-three
Age forty-three
buried
Mount Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 10, Leaf 12
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Century Memorial
William Sturgis Bigelow was one of those physicians whose mind ranges widely into other fields of activity. At one time lecturer on surgery at the Harvard Medical School, he was an art collector of rare enthusiasm and success. His Oriental collection, later given to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, was believed to be second only to that of the Japanese government, and his interest in the art of the Far East led him into deep study of Oriental religions. Of Japan and Japanese character he was an ardent admirer, and Japan had reciprocated by decorating him with its highest orders.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1927 Century Association Yearbook
