Edwin Bayard Harvey

Edwin Bayard Harvey (April 4, 1834 – September 28, 1913) was an American educator, physician, and government official who helped establish the Massachusetts board of registration in medicine and served as its secretary and executive officer. He had a medical practice in Westborough, Massachusetts and held political office in the town.

Early life Harvey was born on April 4, 1834, in Deerfield, New Hampshire, to Ebenezer and Rozella Harvey. His father was a farmer and stone mason.

From 1869 to 1887, Harvey was a member of the Westborough school board. He was the district's superintendent of schools from 1887 to 1890. From 1873 to 1879, he was a trustee of the State Reform School for Boys.

Medicine While in Wilbraham, Harvey became friends with a local physician and became interested in medicine. He entered Harvard Medical School in 1864 and graduated two years later. In 1872, he studied at hospitals in Leipzig and Vienna.

Harvey established a practice in Waukegan, Illinois, but left after a short while and returned to Massachusetts. He settled in Westborough, where he became the town's leading physician and established a large consultation practice. He ceased actively practicing in 1895.

Harvey was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1894 and 1895 and authored the bill that created the Massachusetts board of registration in medicine. He resigned near the end of the 1895 Massachusetts legislative session at the behest of Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge to become the board's secretary and executive officer. He held this position from June 20, 1895 to April 1, 1913, when he resigned due to ill health. A school in Westborough was named in his honor.