1880-1914, inclusive

Personal name, Mellus, E. Lindon

Edward L. Mellus
24 May 1848-18 Dec 1922
Edward Lindon Mellus was born in Lubec, Maine. He received his M.D. in 1878 from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. While in Europe recovering from an illness, he became interested in the scientific study of the structure and functions of the nervous system. When he returned to America, Mellus settled in Baltimore, where he continued his scientific work at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was given an honorary position in the anatomical laboratory as a fellow in 1898 and maintained his association with Johns Hopkins until 1912.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1898-1912