William Lambert Richardson | |
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 1889 portrait by Frederic Porter Vinton | |
| Born | September 6, 1842 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 20, 1932 (aged 90) Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Obstetrician |
| 14th Dean of the Harvard Medical School | |
| In office 1893–1907 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Pickering Bowditch |
| Succeeded by | Henry Asbury Christian |
William Lambert Richardson (September 6, 1842 – October 20, 1932) was an American obstetrician.
William Lambert Richardson was born September 6, 1842, in Boston, Massachusetts to Jeffrey Richardson and Julia Lambert Brackett. He graduated from Harvard College in 1864 with an A.B. and began immediately at Harvard Medical School where he graduated with an A.M. and M.D. in 1867. After graduating, he studied in Vienna and Dublin for a year before returning to Boston. In 1868, Richardson began practicing medicine, focusing on obstetrics. He worked at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Boston Dispensary. In 1871, Richardson became an instructor in obstetrics at Harvard Medical School. He became assistant professor in 1882 and full professor in 1886. From 1893 to 1899, Richardson served as the Dean of the Harvard Medical School and from 1899 to 1907 as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
Richardson was associated with the Boston Lying-In Hospital in the South End, which he revived in 1873.
Richardson was a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard from 1905 to 1915, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the American Gynecological Society. He was also a member of the American Public Health Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, treasurer of the Benevolent Society.
Richardson died October 20, 1932, at his home in the Back Bay, which was designed by Peabody & Stearns.
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