John Wesley Chambers was born in Kent County, Delaware on
September 9, 1856. He attended Centreville Academy and then the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, graduating in 1878. He was an Assistant,
and later Resident Physician at Baltimore City Hospital. He held a number of
positions at the College of Physicians and Surgeons beginning in 1880 and continuing
until the 1890’s.
Additionally, he was a Demonstrator and Professor of Anatomy
at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Dr. Chambers was the Vice-President of the Medical &
Chirurgical Faculty from 1892 to 1893, and President of the Baltimore Medical
Association; President of the Medical & Surgical Society and a consulting
physician at Hebrew and St. Joseph’s Hospitals.
Like many of his fellow physicians, he lived on West
Franklin Street in downtown Baltimore.
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