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| Born | Edward Augustus Holyoke 1 August 1728 |
| Died | 31 March 1829 (aged 100 years, 242 days) Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Occupation | physician |
Edward Augustus Holyoke (1 August 1728 – 31 March 1829) was an American educator andphysician.[1]
Edward Augustus was born inMarblehead,Province of Massachusetts Bay, on 1 August 1728. His father was theReverendEdward Holyoke, a former president ofHarvard. Edward Augustus himself graduated from Harvard in 1746. He opened a medical practice in 1748 and practiced for 73 more years until retiring in 1821. In 1768 he was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society as a member.[2] He died inSalem, Massachusetts in 1829 at the age of 100, surpassing the averagelife expectancy at the time by fifty years.[3]
Holyoke was a charter member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences[4] and the president of the organization from 1814 to 1820. He was also a founder of theMassachusetts Medical Society. He served as the president of the society from 1782 to 1784 and from 1786 to 1788. The length of his service to the medical practice and his pioneering work in the advancement ofsmallpox vaccinations have been acknowledged.[by whom?]
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