David is the son of Richard E. Edsall & Emma Everett Linn of Hamburg, NJ. He married Margaret Harding Tileston on 22 Dec 1899 at King's Chapel in Boston, MA. She and David had three children:
John Tileston Edsall (1902 - 2002)
Richard Linn Edsall (1905 - 1967)
Geoffrey Edsall (1908 - 1972).
Margaret died of "influenza with pneumonia" on 19 Nov 1912. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Pendleton Kennedy in June 1915; they were divorced in 1929. He married (3rd) Louisa Cabot Richardson on 3 May 1930 at Newton, MA.
(Source: Joseph Aub & Ruth Hapgood, "Pioneer in Modern Medicine: David Linn Edsall of Harvard," 1970)
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The funeral of Dr. David Linn Edsall, 76, dean emeritus of Harvard Medical School, and for many years chief of medical service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, was held yesterday at 5 p.m., at Memorial Church,. Harvard University, Cambridge, with members of the family, friends and associates present. Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn of Harvard Divinity School presided. Burial will be in Greensboro, Vt. He died Sunday at his home at 983 Memorial drive.
He retired 10 years ago after 27 years as dean of Harvard Medical School. His work as an administrator and educator and in public health research resulted in establishment of a school of public health at Harvard.
Harvard and Princeton awarded him a doctor of science degree. His development at the Massachusetts General Hospital of a system of obtaining statistics of diseases in industrial employment was one of his outstanding achievements. He was internationally famous for his pioneering research in X-rey treatment for pneumonia and infantile diseases.
Before joining the Harvard faculty he was on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University, St. Louis. For many years he was on the international board of the Rockefeller Foundation, was editor of the Journal of Medicine, was a former vice president of the Association of American Medical Colleges and formerly chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross.
He was married three times and leaves a wife, Louisa, and three sons, Dr. John Tileston Edsall of Harvard; Richard Linn Edsall, and Dr. Geoffrey Edsall. (Boston, MA, Globe, Thu., 16 Aug 1945, p. 17)
John Tileston Edsall (1902 - 2002)
Richard Linn Edsall (1905 - 1967)
Geoffrey Edsall (1908 - 1972).
Margaret died of "influenza with pneumonia" on 19 Nov 1912. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Pendleton Kennedy in June 1915; they were divorced in 1929. He married (3rd) Louisa Cabot Richardson on 3 May 1930 at Newton, MA.
(Source: Joseph Aub & Ruth Hapgood, "Pioneer in Modern Medicine: David Linn Edsall of Harvard," 1970)
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The funeral of Dr. David Linn Edsall, 76, dean emeritus of Harvard Medical School, and for many years chief of medical service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, was held yesterday at 5 p.m., at Memorial Church,. Harvard University, Cambridge, with members of the family, friends and associates present. Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn of Harvard Divinity School presided. Burial will be in Greensboro, Vt. He died Sunday at his home at 983 Memorial drive.
He retired 10 years ago after 27 years as dean of Harvard Medical School. His work as an administrator and educator and in public health research resulted in establishment of a school of public health at Harvard.
Harvard and Princeton awarded him a doctor of science degree. His development at the Massachusetts General Hospital of a system of obtaining statistics of diseases in industrial employment was one of his outstanding achievements. He was internationally famous for his pioneering research in X-rey treatment for pneumonia and infantile diseases.
Before joining the Harvard faculty he was on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University, St. Louis. For many years he was on the international board of the Rockefeller Foundation, was editor of the Journal of Medicine, was a former vice president of the Association of American Medical Colleges and formerly chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross.
He was married three times and leaves a wife, Louisa, and three sons, Dr. John Tileston Edsall of Harvard; Richard Linn Edsall, and Dr. Geoffrey Edsall. (Boston, MA, Globe, Thu., 16 Aug 1945, p. 17)
David is the son of Richard E. Edsall & Emma Everett Linn of Hamburg, NJ. He married Margaret Harding Tileston on 22 Dec 1899 at King's Chapel in Boston, MA. She and David had three children:
John Tileston Edsall (1902 - 2002)
Richard Linn Edsall (1905 - 1967)
Geoffrey Edsall (1908 - 1972).
Margaret died of "influenza with pneumonia" on 19 Nov 1912. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Pendleton Kennedy in June 1915; they were divorced in 1929. He married (3rd) Louisa Cabot Richardson on 3 May 1930 at Newton, MA.
(Source: Joseph Aub & Ruth Hapgood, "Pioneer in Modern Medicine: David Linn Edsall of Harvard," 1970)
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The funeral of Dr. David Linn Edsall, 76, dean emeritus of Harvard Medical School, and for many years chief of medical service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, was held yesterday at 5 p.m., at Memorial Church,. Harvard University, Cambridge, with members of the family, friends and associates present. Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn of Harvard Divinity School presided. Burial will be in Greensboro, Vt. He died Sunday at his home at 983 Memorial drive.
He retired 10 years ago after 27 years as dean of Harvard Medical School. His work as an administrator and educator and in public health research resulted in establishment of a school of public health at Harvard.
Harvard and Princeton awarded him a doctor of science degree. His development at the Massachusetts General Hospital of a system of obtaining statistics of diseases in industrial employment was one of his outstanding achievements. He was internationally famous for his pioneering research in X-rey treatment for pneumonia and infantile diseases.
Before joining the Harvard faculty he was on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University, St. Louis. For many years he was on the international board of the Rockefeller Foundation, was editor of the Journal of Medicine, was a former vice president of the Association of American Medical Colleges and formerly chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross.
He was married three times and leaves a wife, Louisa, and three sons, Dr. John Tileston Edsall of Harvard; Richard Linn Edsall, and Dr. Geoffrey Edsall. (Boston, MA, Globe, Thu., 16 Aug 1945, p. 17)
John Tileston Edsall (1902 - 2002)
Richard Linn Edsall (1905 - 1967)
Geoffrey Edsall (1908 - 1972).
Margaret died of "influenza with pneumonia" on 19 Nov 1912. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Pendleton Kennedy in June 1915; they were divorced in 1929. He married (3rd) Louisa Cabot Richardson on 3 May 1930 at Newton, MA.
(Source: Joseph Aub & Ruth Hapgood, "Pioneer in Modern Medicine: David Linn Edsall of Harvard," 1970)
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The funeral of Dr. David Linn Edsall, 76, dean emeritus of Harvard Medical School, and for many years chief of medical service at the Massachusetts General Hospital, was held yesterday at 5 p.m., at Memorial Church,. Harvard University, Cambridge, with members of the family, friends and associates present. Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn of Harvard Divinity School presided. Burial will be in Greensboro, Vt. He died Sunday at his home at 983 Memorial drive.
He retired 10 years ago after 27 years as dean of Harvard Medical School. His work as an administrator and educator and in public health research resulted in establishment of a school of public health at Harvard.
Harvard and Princeton awarded him a doctor of science degree. His development at the Massachusetts General Hospital of a system of obtaining statistics of diseases in industrial employment was one of his outstanding achievements. He was internationally famous for his pioneering research in X-rey treatment for pneumonia and infantile diseases.
Before joining the Harvard faculty he was on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania and Washington University, St. Louis. For many years he was on the international board of the Rockefeller Foundation, was editor of the Journal of Medicine, was a former vice president of the Association of American Medical Colleges and formerly chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross.
He was married three times and leaves a wife, Louisa, and three sons, Dr. John Tileston Edsall of Harvard; Richard Linn Edsall, and Dr. Geoffrey Edsall. (Boston, MA, Globe, Thu., 16 Aug 1945, p. 17)
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