Hugh Toland

Hugh Huger Toland (April 16, 1806 – February 27, 1880) was an American surgeon who founded the Toland Medical College, which later became the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He was one of the most successful surgeons in California. He was from South Carolina, and was active in San Francisco.

Biography Hugh Huger Toland was born on April 16, 1806, in Guilder's Creek, Newberry County, South Carolina. He was the fourth of ten children, his father was planter John Toland (1776–1849), and his mother was Mary Boyd (née Spence) Toland (1778–1858). In March 1873, the school became the Medical Department of the University of California. Initially, he fought to keep his name in the institution, but he eventually gave in, feeling that a public institution should not bear the name of a private person.

Death and legacy He died of a stroke at age 74, however his remains were moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, by 1941.

The main lecture hall at UCSF bears his name. Brown and Toland Physicians, a Bay Area medical group, is named after Toland and Charlotte Blake Brown.