William Pepper
United States physician (1843-1898) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 54
William Pepper Jr., was an American physician and medical educator, and the eleventh provost of the University of Pennsylvania, from 1881 to 1894.
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He was an advocate for the establishment of a university affiliated hospital and led the finance and building committees for the construction of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in 1874. As provost, he oversaw a major expansion of the University including the construction of 13 campus buildings, the addition of the Wharton School of Business, and eleven new departments. In 1891, he founded the Free Library of Philadelphia.
