Elmer L. Severinghaus, 1894-1980
Subtitle: an autobiographical and biographical collection
By: edited by John W. Severinghaus ; with genealogical appendices of the family of Johann Diederich Severinghaus, 1803-1883 compiled by Patricia Wycoff Hare ; with supplements by Sarah Claassen Severinghaus and John Wendell Severinghaus.
Contributors: Severinghaus, John Wendell, 1922-
Publisher: J.W. Severinghaus
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Ross, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Severinghaus, Elmer L., 1894-; Severinghaus family.; Endocrinologists -- United States -- Biography.; Missionaries, Medical -- Biography.; Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Autobiography of Elmer Louis Severinghaus (1894-1980), who married Grace Colby in 1918, and became a world-known medical doctor, particularly for work with diabetics. Includes family genealogy data for the descendants of Johann Diederich Severinghaus (1803-1883), who married Maria Elizabeth Evers in 1826 and immigrated to join some of their children in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853, later moving to Batesville, Indiana. Descendants lived in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, California and elsewhere.