About George Augustus Wheeler
Lived 1837 – 1923 (aged 85). George Augustus Wheeler was a writer, doctor of Medicine and historian.
George Augustus Wheeler, MD (July 26, 1837 – January 14, 1923) was a surgeon in the American Civil War and a prominent Maine historian. He authored two historical books including History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, which the Pejepscot Historical Society states as the "authoritative text on the three towns through ".
Early life Wheeler was born in Standish, Maine on July 26, 1823, to Minister Amos Dean Wheeler and Louisa Amelia Wheeler. He graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts and in received his master's degree from Bowdoin College's Medical School of Maine.
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1800s Maine historian
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George Augustus Wheeler was born on 26 July 1837 in Standish, Maine.
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George Augustus Wheeler died on 14 January 1923 in Castine, Maine.
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George Augustus Wheeler was a writer, doctor of Medicine and historian.
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