Richard Warren (1907-1999)
Published: 1975
Language: eng
Format: papers,
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Arnold Arboretum
Description: Dr. Richard Warren (1907-1999) Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School was born and raised in the Boston area and became another distinguished Warren in a line of great academic minds. One of Dr. Warren’s great passions was the study of conifers, and in his retirement from medicine he studied conifers at the Arnold Arboretum. This collection covers Dr. Warren’s study of coniferous trees in the latter part of the 20th century.
Notes: Richard Warren papers. Archives of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.

Dr. Richard Warren (1907-1999) Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School was born and raised in the Boston area and became another distinguished Warren in a line of great academic minds. His father, Joseph Warren, was a professor at the Harvard Law School, and his predecessors include John Warren, first Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In 1925 Dr. Warren graduated from Milton Academy and in 1929 from Harvard College. After an additional year of study at Trinity College in Cambridge, Dr. Warren enrolled at Harvard Medical School. He graduated in 1934, completed his internship andresidency, and embarked upon a distinguished career in surgery and teaching in Boston. During his career as a surgeon, Dr. Warren also volunteered to assist the Countway Library of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. There, he cataloged, arranged, and updated the Warren Family Collection, which consisted of many rare medical books collected by his ancestors.

Inventory available in library; folder level control.

Electronic finding aid available http://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/II_A-16_RW_2012.pdf