Alexander Franklin Dulin was born in
Fairfax County, Virginia on May 7, 1806. He received his M.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1830. He was a Resident Physician at the
Baltimore Almshouse from 1830 to 1835. Following that, he began to practice in
the city.
He became a member of the Medical &
Chirurgical Faculty in 1831 and practiced medicine in this city all his
lifetime, except for the several years spent in travel and study in Europe.
Dr. Dulin was an intimate friend of Dr.
Samuel Chew and resigned the deanship of the University of Maryland, which had
been tendered him, in Dr. Chew's favor in 1842.
After nearly a half century of practice Dr.
Dulin died on November 25 1874.
The portrait of Dr. Alexander
Franklin Dulin was given to the Faculty by his daughters, Miss Dulin and Mrs.
Henry, and faithfully portrays the physician of his time, the kindly family
doctor who was all things to all men.
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