Conner, Phineas Sanborn (Phineas Sanborn), 1839-1909

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Biography

Phineas Sanborn Conner was born August 23, 1839 in Westchester, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1859. He received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1861, after which he joined the United States Army as a surgeon working out of Columbian Hospital in Washington, DC. Conner resigned from his duties in 1866, and settled in Cincinnati where he was a surgeon of the Cincinnati Hospital and the Good Samaritan Hospital, as well as professor of surgery, anatomy and chemistry in the medical college of Ohio and professor of surgery in Cincinnati medical college and at Dartmouth. Conner died March 26, 1909.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Phineas Sanborn Conner letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 865116.1

Mss 865116.1

Date(s): 1865-01-16

Scope and Contents

Letter from Phinea Sanborn Conner in Columbus, New York to Asa Dodge Smith, asking Smith to allow his brother John to remain in Hanover during the winter term but without attending college.

Phineas Sanborn Conner letter

Item 1

Identifier: Mss 868104

Mss 868104

Date(s): 1868-01-04

Scope and Contents

Two-page letter from Phineas Sanborn Conner in Cincinati, Ohio to Asa Dodge Smith, asking Smith to excuse writer's brother from attending college, the winter term.

Phineas Sanborn Conner papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-858

MS-858

Date(s): 1861 to 1899

Abstract

Phinneas Sanborn Conner (1839-1909), surgeon. Dartmouth Class of 1859. The collection consists of scrapbooks related to his service as a surgeon in the United States Army during the Civil War as well as material related to his service on the Commission to investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the war with Spain. Synopsis of 54 lectures delivered by Prof. Conner at the Medical College, Ohio, as well as a catalogue of his library are also included.