Thomas Almond Ashby

Thomas Almond Ashby (November 18, 1848 – June 26, 1916)

Biography Born in Warren County, Virginia, Ashby attended Washington and Lee University studying the classics, modern languages and chemistry, and studied medicine at the University of Maryland, from which he graduated with an M.D. in 1873. He practiced as a gynecologist. In 1877, he was one of the founders of the Maryland Medical Journal. He held various positions at the University of Maryland Medical Department, before leaving in 1878. Under Ashby's leadership, the Women's Medical College was established in Baltimore in 1882. He served as Chair of Obstetrics from 1882 to 1897, and as Chair of Diseases of Women and Children from 1889 to 1897, at Baltimore Medical College. In 1897, he became Professor of Diseases of Women at the Medical Department of the University of Maryland.

Ashby wrote several books on the United States Civil War.

Personal life Ashby married Mary Cunningham, from Kentucky, in 1877, and had five daughters with her.