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American physician, 1787–1843
William Richard Waring
Born July 4, 1787 Died January 2, 1843(1843-01-02) (aged 55 ) Resting place Laurel Grove Cemetery , Savannah, Georgia, U.S.Occupation Physician Spouse Anne Johnston (1825–1836; her death)
William Richard Waring (July 4, 1787 – January 2, 1843) was a 19th-century American physician . He was described as one of the "most illustrious physicians" in Savannah, Georgia .[1] William Waring Property , the oldest extant building in that city's Wright Square , is now named for him.[2]
He server two terms as mayor of Savannah (1830–1832).
His son was fellow physician James Johnston Waring .[3]
Life and career
[ edit ] 12 West State Street in Savannah, Georgia, Waring's family home
Waring was born in 1787 in South Carolina .[4] [5] South Carolina College in 1808, later studying medicine in Charleston, South Carolina .[4]
After further studies at the University of Pennsylvania (graduating in 1813), he served during the War of 1812 as surgeon of the 8th Regiment Infantry, stationed in Savannah, Georgia . He remained in the city for the rest of his life,[4] West State Street , which was built in 1825.[6]
In 1821, he wrote Report to the City Council of Savannah on the Epidemic Disease of 1820 .[4] [7]
In 1825, he married Anne Johnston, with whom he had four known children: William (born 1827), James (1829), George (1833) and Anna Mary (1836).
As his family expanded, Waring purchased a home at 121–123 West Oglethorpe Avenue in 1832,[8] [9]
Waring was an 1833 co-founder of Savannah's Temperance Society.[10]
Death
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Waring died in 1843, aged 55. He was interred beside his wife, who preceded him in death by seven years, in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery .
Bibliography
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Report to the City Council of Savannah on the Epidemic Disease of 1820 (1821)
References
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^ Historic Savannah: Survey of Significant Buildings in the Historic and Victorian Districts of Savannah, Georgia , Mary Lane Morrison (1979), p. 69
^ Biographical Record . 1877. p. 78.
^ a b c d "William Richard Waring papers" . ghs.galileo.usg.edu . Retrieved 2022-12-08 .
^ Sheehy, Barry (2011). Savannah, Immortal City: Volume One of the Civil War Savannah Series . Emerald Book Company. p. 139. ISBN 9781934572702
^ Historic Building Map: Savannah Historic District – Historic Preservation Department of the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (November 17, 2011)
^ "Report to the City Council of Savannah on the epidemic disease of 1820 - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine" . collections.nlm.nih.gov . Retrieved 2022-12-08 .
^ Spracher, Luciana M. (2003). Lost Savannah: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society . Arcadia Publishing . p. 19. ISBN 9780738514871
^ The New York Medical and Physical Journal . 1826. p. 331.
^ Fraser, Walter J. (2005). Savannah in the Old South . University of Georgia Press . p. 225. ISBN 9780820327761
External links
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
