Nathan Ryno Gorter was born in Baltimore
County April 25, 1860, son of Gosse Onno and Mary Ann Polk Gorter. On his
father’s side, he was a descendant of Dutch ancestors and through his
mother comes of an old Maryland family of Scotch-Irish origin. His early
education was received in Anne Arundel County Academy and his professional
education in the University of Maryland School of Medicine from which he was
graduated with the degree of MD in 1879.
Since graduation, Dr. Gorter has practiced
in Baltimore and while his practice has been general, he inclines strongly to
surgery in which branch he has gained an excellent reputation both as an
operator and as a teacher. In 1884, he filled the chair of surgery at the
Baltimore Polyclinic. From 1898 to 1904 he was surgeon to Cambridge Hospital,
and since the year last mentioned, has been consultant in surgery to that
institution.
He was a member of the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and of the American Medical Association.
He was also a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church and belonged to the
Maryland Club, Baltimore Athletic Club, Baltimore Country Club and Bachelor
Cotillion Club. Dr. Gorter married Mrs. Mary Gordon Norris on May 4, 1898.
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