William Miller Kemp was born in Frederick County on February 21, 1814. Like many in Western Maryland, he was educated at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1834.
Dr. Kemp began his practice in Frederick City, but in 1839, he moved to Baltimore. He became a Vice President of the Faculty from 1859 to 1870, and in 1882-83, was the President.
He was a city physician at President of the Baltimore City Board of Health from 1855-1861. The Board of Health, composed of Dr. Wm. M. Kemp, City Physician; Dr. Jacob W. Houck, Commissioner of Health,and Dr. Judson Gilman, Asst. Commissioner and Secretary, visited Norfolk to investigate the yellow fever; which they thought was due to local causes, and non-contagious. They had cleansed Baltimore the year before, they determine to open her ports to refugees from Norfolk.
He was also the President of the National Quarantine and Sanitary Association in 1858.
Dr. Kemp died in Baltimore on September 6, 1886.
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