Alexander D. Blackader

Alexander Dougall Blackader (June 19, 1847 – March 14, 1932) was a Canadian-American pediatrician.

Alexander D. Blackader
Born
Alexander Dougall Blackader

(1847-06-19)June 19, 1847
Montreal, Quebec
DiedMarch 14, 1932(1932-03-14) (aged 84)
Montreal, Quebec
Education
OccupationPediatrician

Biography

Alexander D. Blackader was born in Montreal on June 19, 1847.[1] He earned first-class honors at McGill University and studied at St Thomas' Hospital in London.[2]

He was the president of the American Pediatric Society for 1892–93.[3] He gave the 1929 Bradshaw Lecture.[4]

He died in Montreal on March 14, 1932.[5][6]

References
  1. "Whose Birthday Is This?". Calgary Herald. June 19, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time, Volumes 6-7. International Press Limited. 1914. p. 591. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. Past Presidents. American Pediatric Society. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. Blackader, A. D. (1930). "On the varying virulence of micro-organisms in infectious disease". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 22 (1): 97–100. PMC 381641. PMID 20317677.
  5. "Dr. Alexander D. Blackader". Hartford Courant. Montreal, Quebec. AP. March 15, 1932. p. 4. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Biography – BLACKADER, ALEXANDER DOUGALL – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2020.


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