Nicholas Way | |
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Born | 1740s |
Died | 1797 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Physician |
Nicholas Way (c.1747–1797) was an American physician.
From New Castle County, Delaware, Way studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1771. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1773. [1]
He did not fight in the Revolutionary War due to his Quaker beliefs. He joined the Delaware convention that ratified the federal constitution in 1787. [2]
He helped organize the Medical Society of Delaware, becoming a founding member in 1789. [3] During the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 in Philadelphia, Way personally hosted a large group of refugees from the disease at his mansion in Wilmington. [4] The following year, his friend President George Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States Mint. [5]
He died of yellow fever three years later in 1797. [6]
Nicholas Way | |
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Born | 1740s |
Died | 1797 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Physician |
Nicholas Way (c.1747–1797) was an American physician.
From New Castle County, Delaware, Way studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1771. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1773. [1]
He did not fight in the Revolutionary War due to his Quaker beliefs. He joined the Delaware convention that ratified the federal constitution in 1787. [2]
He helped organize the Medical Society of Delaware, becoming a founding member in 1789. [3] During the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 in Philadelphia, Way personally hosted a large group of refugees from the disease at his mansion in Wilmington. [4] The following year, his friend President George Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States Mint. [5]
He died of yellow fever three years later in 1797. [6]