Dr. John
Howland
Male
United States of America
1873-02-03
New York City, New York, United States of America
1926-06-20
London, England
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howland_(doctor)
John Howland was born in 1873 in New York City to a New England family whose ancestry included another John Howland (1592-1673), who travelled on the Mayflower and helped to found the Plymouth Colony.
After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, Howland attended Yale University, where he rowed, played tennis, and was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale in 1894 and went on to study medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, graduating in 1897. He then earned a second M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1899.
Howland interned at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City in 1899-1900. He also worked at the New York Foundling Hospital, where he was influenced by the noted paediatrician Luther Emmett Holt. He then spent two years studying in Europe, spending time in Vienna and Berlin, and upon his return to New York he joined Holt in private pediatric practice.
He practiced with Holt from 1901 to 1910, during this time also teaching at the Presbyterian, Foundling, and Babies Hospital. In 1910, he left New York for Missouri, where he was appointed chair of pediatrics at Washington University in Saint Louis. His tenure there was brief, and in 1911 he moved to Baltimore to head the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children at the Johns Hopkins Hospital; he would remain the chair of paediatrics at Johns Hopkins until his death in 1926.
At Johns Hopkins, Howland is credited with establishing the first full-time department of paediatrics in the United States, and the first fully academic department of paediatrics in the world. In his department, all faculty members worked full-time and had to dedicate at least half of their time to research.
Howland published research on rickets, tetany and diarrhoea. He and William McKim Marriott demonstrated that acidosis in diarrheal illnesses was caused by the excretion of bicarbonate in the stools rather than by a toxin, and with Edwards A. Park he showed that tetany was caused by alkalosis and hypocalcaemia.
Howland died in 1926 from cirrhosis. Many of the physicians he mentored at Johns Hopkins went on to become leaders in the field of paediatrics. In 1951, the American Paediatric Society created the John Howland Award, which is the highest honour given by the society “for distinguished service to paediatrics”.
1888 - 1902
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1901 - Wien (Vienna) (Amateur)
1901 - Baden General Tournament (Amateur)
1895 - New England Championships (Open)
1895 - Crescent Athletic Club Invitation (Amateur)
1895 - Narragansett (Amateur)
1894 - Narragansett (Amateur)
Challenge Round
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Challenge Round
Thomas H. Nash 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Carl H. Mascha
6-4
6-2
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Rudolf Pummerer
6-2
6-1
Challenge Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Major Josiah George Ritchie
6-3
3-6
6-8
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
C.A. Fox
w.o.
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Baron Richard Pfungen
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Sir Robert Gilbert Vansittart
w.o.
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Rudolf Pummerer
3-6
8-6
6-2
6-4
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Thomas H. Nash
6-1
6-1
6-1
Challenge Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Robert N. Wilson jr
w.o.
Challenge Round
Arthur Ellsworth Foote 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
J.C.W. Brooks
6-3
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-3
6-4
1-6
6-1
Round 4
Dr. John Howland 1 *
James S. Terry
9-7
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Clarence Rhodes Budlong
6-3
2-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Larned 1 *
Dr. John Howland
7-5
8-6
6-1
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
H.W. Merchant
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Dr. William N. Frazer
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
9-7
8-6
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
5-7
6-3
6-2
3-6
7-5
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
Dr. John Howland
15-13
8-6
6-4
Preliminary Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
F.L. Chase
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
John Crosby Neely jr.
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-2
8-6
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Bill Larned
7-5
4-6
8-6
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
4-6
6-3
4-6
9-7
6-4
Challenge Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Arthur Ellsworth Foote
0-6
6-4
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Duncan William Candler
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Arthur Taylor
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
John Frelinghuysen Talmage jr
3-6
6-2
6-2
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
7-5
6-1
4-6
6-3
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
Dr. John Howland
7-5
4-6
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard Holkins (lefty) Palmer
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
W.R. Betts
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Malcolm Greene Chace
7-5
6-1
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Arthur Ellsworth Foote
0-6
6-2
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
Dr. John Howland
8-6
6-3
5-7
10-8
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
6-0
6-3
6-4
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
6-4
6-1
7-5
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Carroll J. Post Jr.
6-1
6-1
6-1
Poule
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Stephen Caldwell Millett
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
W.W. Reese
6-3
6-0
6-3
Round 2
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
John Bertram Read
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
10-8
6-2
Semifinals
William Gordon Parker 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Round 2
W. Cosby 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
L. Agesteine
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
F.G. Stewart
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
William K. Fowler
6-3
6-4
Final
Manliffe Francis Goodbody 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-2
6-0
6-4
Final
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Manliffe Francis Goodbody
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Grenville Kane 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Round 1
Chris Worthington 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Round 1
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
6-1
6-4
Preliminary Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Dr. John Howland
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Alexander M. Agelasto jr
w.o.
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Gerardus Post Herrick
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Stanley Robert McCormick
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Mr. Gosline
4-6
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Mr. Flichtner
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Dr. John Howland
0-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
F.G. Stewart
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edward Ludlow (Eddie) Hall Jr. 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
11-9
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
A. Deming
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-1
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Malcolm Greene Chace 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-3
6-3
Preliminary Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Bill Larned
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Edward Peale MacMullen 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
P.E. Johnson
6-2
2-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Rodmond Vernon Beach 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
E. Woodward
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Henry Mortimer Billings Jr.
6-8
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Charles Prentice Howland 1 *
Dr. John Howland
w.o.
Preliminary Round
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Sydney L. Smith
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Dr. John Howland 1 *
Leib Harrison Dulles
6-0
5-7
6-0
Round 2
Dr. John Howland 1 *
W.R. Weeden
6-3
2-6
9-7
Quarterfinals
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-1
4-6
6-3
Preliminary Round
Oliver Samuel Campbell 1 *
Dr. John Howland
6-3
6-4