Henry Patrick Birmingham

Henry Patrick Birmingham (March 15, 1854 – May 4, 1932) was a surgeon and an American brigadier general active during World War I.

Early life Birmingham was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1876, and on February 18, 1881, he entered the army as an assistant surgeon of the Medical Corps.

Career Birmingham's first tours of duty were with the Fourth Cavalry in actions against the Apaches in the southwest. He was promoted to assistant surgeon on February 18, 1886. From 1946 to 1950 the hospital was named the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital. In 1952, the hospital was sold to the Los Angeles City Schools where it eventually became Birmingham High School.