1871-1888, inclusive

Personal name, Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913

John Shaw Billings
12 Apr 1838 - 11 Mar 1913
John Shaw Billings was born in Allensville, Indiana. He received his A.B. in 1857 from Miami University of Ohio and his M.D. in 1860 from the Medical College of Ohio. He was a career army medical officer who served on active duty during the Civil War. Billings was later assigned to the Office of the Surgeon General, where he began to develop the library which ultimately became the National Library of Medicine. He designed and oversaw the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and advised academic planning for the medical school. Billings was a lecturer in the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University and was a faculty member in hygiene. After his work at Johns Hopkins he became a professor of hygiene at the University of Pennsylvania, and he served as founding director of the New York Public Library from 1896 until his death in 1913.

Johns Hopkins University, 1875-1889

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1893-1904