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Samuel Bayard Woodward
Born10 June 1787  Edit this on Wikidata
Torringford  Edit this on Wikidata
Died3 January 1850  Edit this on Wikidata (aged 62)
Northampton  Edit this on Wikidata
Occupation Psychiatrist  Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenRufus Woodward  Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
Position heldPresident of the American Psychiatric Association (1844–1848)  Edit this on Wikidata

Samuel Bayard Woodward (1787–1850) was an American psychiatrist who was the first superintendent of the Worcester Lunatic Asylum, and a co-founder and first president of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (later known as the American Psychiatric Association). [1]

References

  1. ^ Grob, Gerald N. (2000). "Woodward, Samuel Bayard (1787-1850)". American National Biography. doi: 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1201002. ISBN  978-0-19-860669-7.

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