Herman William Hesse

Herman William Hesse (February 12, 1876 – November 24, 1944) was an American physician. He was eminent in Savannah, Georgia.

Life and career Hesse was born on February 12, 1876, in Savannah, Georgia, to Herman Sr. and Wilhelmina Struck, both German-born. They were married two years before Hesse's birth. His father, who was in the grocery business, died in 1901; his mother lived until 1929. He had three siblings: brothers Frederick and John, and sister Annie Henrietta. John was a dentist in Savannah.

After a preliminary education in the Savannah public schools, he graduated from Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina, in 1895 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1900, he completed a course in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a PhD. and identified with the Knights of Pythias.

Death Hesse died on November 24, 1944, aged 68. He is buried in Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery alongside his wife, who survived him by twelve years, and their son, who died in 1976.