Thomas Lathrop Stedman,

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(1853-1938) was an early American

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and editor of the

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starting in 1890.

Biography

He was born in

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on October 11, 1853. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from

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, and studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1877. He was a fellow of the

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. He became an editor of the

starting in 1890. In 1903 he became editor of Dunglison's New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature. It became Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the 1911 edition. He died May 16, 1938 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stedman, Thomas Lanthrop 19th-century American physicians 1853 births 1938 deaths