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Robert H. Colhoun lecture and matriculation tickets

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/231

Scope and Contents

This small collection documents Robert H. Colhoun's medical education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1832. The collection contains Colhoun's matriculation ticket, signed by William E. Horner and tickets admitting him to the lectures of Thomas C. James and William Dewees on midwifery and Nathaniel Chapman on the institutes of medicine and clinical practice.

Dates

  • 1832 - 1833

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Robert Harwood Colhoun of Philadelphia was born in 1811. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and received an A.B. in 1829 and an M.D. in 1833. Colhoun was a midshipman in the United States Navy. He died on 21 August 1833.

Extent

3 items

Language of Materials

English

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