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Samuel Henry Dickson (September 20, 1798 - March 31, 1872) was an American poet, physician, writer and educator born in S. Henry Dickson, Remarks on Certain Topics Connected with the General Subject of Slavery (Charleston, S.C. Observer Press Office 1845)
Dickson died in Philadelphia in 1872.
''Hygiene : an introductory lecture'' (1848)
''On the progress of the Asiatic cholera during the year 1844-45-46-47-48'' (1849)
Southern Writers on Google Books, p126
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Samuel Henry Dickson (September 20, 1798 - March 31, 1872) was an American poet, physician, writer and educator born in Charleston
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Dickson graduated from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Medical College of South Carolina
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. He also taught at NYU
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and the Jefferson Medical College
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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dickson was a popular published poet and a leader in Charleston intellectual circles. He was friends with Charleston poet William Gilmore Simms and William Cullen Bryant. He and his brother Dr. John Dickson played a significant role in the medical education of the US's first female doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell. He was also active in organizing the first railway in the U.S. by helping bring the locomotive "the Best Friend of Charleston" into service. Dickson was a frequent lecturer; his addresses included a Phi Beta Kappa Address at Yale in 1842. In recent years, he has received attention for his proslavery writings.Dickson died in Philadelphia in 1872.
Selected works
''Hygiene : an introductory lecture'' (1848)
''On the progress of the Asiatic cholera during the year 1844-45-46-47-48'' (1849)
References
Sources
*Bain, R. et al. (1980) ''Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary'' LSU PressSouthern Writers on Google Books, p126
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Samuel Henry Physicians from South Carolina American male poets American proslavery activists Writers from Charleston, South Carolina 1798 births 1872 deaths Yale University alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni Thomas Jefferson University faculty New York University faculty 19th-century American poets 19th-century American male writers