Augustus Burbank

Augustus Hannibal Burbank (January 24, 1823 – June 27, 1895) was a 19th-century American physician. He was also treasurer of Yarmouth Aqueduct Company and an early president of North Yarmouth Academy.

Early life Burbank was born in Poland, Maine, in 1823, the only son of physician Eleazer Burbank and Sophronia Ricker.

He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1843 and studied medicine at Harvard University, receiving his MD in 1847.

Career Upon graduating, Burbank returned to Yarmouth, Maine, and entered general practice.

Personal life

On 25 November 1851, Burbank married Elizabeth Richardson Banks. They had one children: Annie (1852–1901). Elizabeth died in 1869, aged about 45. with whom he had four children: Elizabeth (who died in infancy), Hugh Eleazer, Marjorie and Maurice Augustus. (Maurice Burbank had moved to Vancouver, where he died in 1969, aged 89. He was buried in the city's Mountain View Cemetery.)