About Alden March
Lived 1795 – 1869 (aged 73). Alden March was an American physician and surgeon.
Alden March (1795–1869) was a nineteenth century American medical doctor, surgeon, educator and medical inventor. March is noted as a president of the American Medical Association and the co–founder of Albany Medical College.
Early life Alden March was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1795, to Jacob March and Eleanor Moore. March studied locally until the age of 19; in 1817, he began working as a teacher in Upstate New York. At the suggestion of his brother, David March—an army surgeon, March returned to Massachusetts to study medicine.
Upon his return to Massachusetts, March studied under Dr. William Ingalls of Boston. In 1820 he received his MD from the Brown University School of Medicine.
Legacy
March died on June 17, 1869, in Albany, New York.
The Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College is named after March.
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