Samuel Henry Dickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Henry Dickson

American poet, physician, writer and educator

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1798

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1872

Profession: physician, poet

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Samuel Henry Dickson (September 20, 1798 - March 31, 1872) was an American poet, physician, writer and educator born in Charleston, South Carolina. Dickson graduated from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.
He was one of the founders of the Medical College of South Carolina.
He also taught at NYU and the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dickson was a popular published poet and a leader in Charleston intellectual circles.
He was friends with Charleston poet William Gilmore Simms and William Cullen Bryant.
He and his brother Dr.
John Dickson played a significant role in the medical education of the US's first female doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell.
He was also active in organizing the first railway in the U.S.
by helping bring the locomotive "the Best Friend of Charleston" into service.
Dickson was a frequent lecturer; his addresses included a Phi Beta Kappa Address at Yale in 1842.
In recent years, he has received attention for his proslavery writings.Dickson died in Philadelphia in 1872.