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John Shaw Billings

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American surgeon, statistician, United States Army officer, designer of New York Public library (1838-1913)

United StatesDoctorsLived 1838 to 1913 · aged 74
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John Shaw Billings was an American librarian, building designer, and surgeon who modernized the Library of the Surgeon General's Office in the United States Army. His work with Andrew Carnegie led to the development and his service as the first director of the New York Public Library.

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Surgeon General's Library developed by John Shaw BillingsSurgeon General's Library developed by John Shaw BillingsPortrait in the National Library of Medicine by Cecilia Beaux 1895Portrait in the National Library of Medicine by Cecilia Beaux 1895An exterior view of the Octagon Ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which became one of Billings' premier designs of the hospital.[14]An exterior view of the Octagon Ward at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which became one of Billings' premier designs of the hospital.[14]John Shaw Billings' architectural plans for Soldier's Home Hospital in Washington, D.C., which utilized a basement with fresh air ducts and a heating apparatus and was incorporated in Billings' designs of Johns Hopkins Hospital.[15]John Shaw Billings' architectural plans for Soldier's Home Hospital in Washington, D.C., which utilized a basement with fresh air ducts and a heating apparatus and was incorporated in Billings' designs of Johns Hopkins Hospital.[15]

Awards 9

Library Hall of Fame
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of the University of Munich
honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
honorary doctor of Harvard University
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
honorary doctor of the Eötvös Loránd University
honorary doctor of Yale University
Doctor honoris causa of the University of Dublin

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H. Eugene StanleyAlso won honorary doctor of the Eötvös Loránd UniversityAnne Carroll MooreAlso won Library Hall of FameBernhard BischoffAlso won Doctor honoris causa of the University of DublinMichael RutterAlso won honorary doctor of Yale UniversityGustave-Auguste FerriéAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of OxfordKonrad von MaurerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

About this person

John Shaw Billings was an American librarian, building designer, and surgeon who modernized the Library of the Surgeon General's Office in the United States Army. His work with Andrew Carnegie led to the development and his service as the first director of the New York Public Library. Billings oversaw the building of the Surgeon General's Library, which was the nation's first comprehensive library for medicine.

Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1838 to 1913 · aged 74
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