Richard McSherry (November 21, 1817 – October 7, 1885) was an American physician, one of the founders of the Baltimore Academy of Medicine and its first president.

Life

Born on November 21, 1817, in Martisburg,

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, he studied at Georgetown College and at the

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, and received the degree of M. D. at the

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in 1841. Being appointed assistant surgeon on the medical corps of the U.S. Army on 21 August 1838, he served under General

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in the

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and resigned his commission on 30 April 1840. From 1843 to 1856 he served as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy, and after that practised medicine in Baltlmore until 1883. He died there on 7 October 1885.

Works

He contributed to medical journals, and was also the author of "El Puchero or a Mixed Dish from Mexico" (1850); "Essays" (1869), and "Health and How to Promote It" (1883).

Family

He was the son of Dr. Richard McSherry and Catherine Ann (King) McSherry. He married Catherine Somerville Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson of Baltimore, in 1842.

References

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