CLASS OF 1853

Dr. John Augustus Lamson died January 16 at his home at 35 Fairfield St., Boston. Doctor Lamson was a native of Topsfield, Mass., where- he was born March 3, 1831. His parents were John and Priscilla (Averill) Lamson, his mother being a descendant in the eighth generation from Governor Thomas and Dorothy Dudley and in the seventh

from Ann Dudley and Governor Simon Bradstreet. Doctor Lamson prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy. After graduation he studied medicine with Dr. Charles Haddock '44, of Beverly, and at Harvard Medical School, graduating from the latter in 1856. He was immediately appointed one of the physicians at the Boston Dispensary, and in 1861 was made examiner of Civil War volunteers. The year following he was commissioned surgeon of the 42d Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, but the exposure of camp life necessitated his early return home. Subsequently he received several military medical appointments, and for four years from September, 1863, he was chief physician in charge of the Discharged Soldiers' Home. He was a member of the Boston school board for ten years, ending in 1871, and represented his ward in the legislature in 1871 and '2. During 1873 he was abroad, devoting much time to the study of European hospitals. In 1880 he was made chief medical examiner of the Equitable Life Assurance Society for Boston and eastern Massachusetts. In 1893, he retired from general practice, his work as examiner for the insurance company requiring all his time. Doctor Lamson was married October 18, 1876, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Batchelder and Barbara Ann (Horton) Whitcher of Milton, Mass., who survives him without children.

Secretary, Rev. Nathan F. Carter, 51 Rumford St., Concord, N. H.