Harry Friedenwald

Artist: Unknown; Oil on canvas
Harry Friedenwald was born in Baltimore in 1864 and attended Johns Hopkins University receiving his A.B. in 1884. After graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons with a medical degree in 1886, he went on to lecture on diseases of the eye and ear at his alma mater.
Following a year as Vice President at Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, Dr. Friedenwald became the President of the newly re-organized Baltimore City Medical Society in 1904. He also served as President in 1913.
His legacy is not only medical, but historic. In 1930, he presented his extensive collection of art and manuscripts, including important and rare books on medicine, to the University of Palestine.
Harry Friedenwald combined his medical career with an equally-important career as a leader in the Zionist movement.
From The Baltimore City Medical Society’s “A History”

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