Pepper, William, 1843-1898

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Name (Latin)
Pepper, William, 1843-1898
Date of birth
1843-08-21
Date of death
1898-07-28
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 53711925
Wikidata: Q9374867
Library of congress: no 91003048
Sources of Information
  • His A contribution to the clinical study of typhlitis and perityphlitis, 1883:
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Wikipedia description:

William Pepper Jr. (August 21, 1843 – July 28, 1898), was an American physician, medical educator, and the eleventh Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1881 to 1894. He was an advocate for the establishment of a university affiliated hospital and led the finance and building committees for the construction of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in 1874. As provost, he oversaw a major expansion of the University including the construction of 13 campus buildings, the addition of the Wharton School of Business, and eleven new departments. In 1891, he founded the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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