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Charles Rumford Walker (physician)

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Charles Rumford Walker
Born(1852-02-15)February 15, 1852
Concord, New Hampshire
DiedApril 22, 1922(1922-04-22) (aged 70)
Concord, New Hampshire
Education
OccupationPolitician
Medical career
ProfessionDoctor

Charles Rumford Walker Sr. (February 13, 1852 – April 22, 1922) was a prominent New Hampshire physician and politician. He was a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature in 1894.

Biography

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He was born on February 13, 1852, in Concord, New Hampshire.[1] His grandfather was Nathaniel Gookin Upham, a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Walker was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale University and Harvard Medical School. He was the president of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1899. He was among the founding physicians of Margaret Pillsbury Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire. A Republican, he was a member of the New Hampshire State Legislature in 1894.[1]

He died in Concord on April 22, 1922.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Metcalf, Henry Harrison; Abbott, Frances M., eds. (1919). One Thousand New Hampshire Notables. The Rumford Printing Company. p. 6. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Dr. Charles R. Walker Dies in Concord, NH". The Boston Globe. Concord, New Hampshire. April 22, 1922. p. 2. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.