Henry Hun

Henry Hun (March 21, 1854 – March 14, 1924) was an American physician and professor of Nervous Diseases at Albany Medical College in New York for 30 years. He published several unique teaching volumes for his students as well as numerous journal articles on neurological disorders.

Biography

Hun was born in Albany on March 21, 1854, the son of a physician. He attended The Albany Academy and received his bachelor degree from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1874. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and earned his M.D. in 1879. He then spent two and a half years studying at numerous medical facilities in Germany, Vienna, Paris, and London. Union College (New York) conferred an honorary M.D. to him in 1883, and Yale University presented to him an honorary A.M. in 1914.

Hun was active in professional societies. He was president of the Albany Medical Society in 1892, vice president of the American Neurological Association in 1887, and its president in 1914. He was president of the Association of American Physicians in 1910.

He married Lydia Marcia Hand on April 28, 1892, and they had three children.

Hun died in his Albany home, the Dr. Hun Houses, a week before turning 70.