24 Facts About Francis Delafield

Francis Delafield was an American physician, born in New York City.

Francis Delafield was appointed to the staff of Bellevue Hospital, and to the chair of pathology and practice of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Francis Delafield resided for many years at 5 West 50th Street in Manhattan, New York.

Francis Delafield was born in New York City, the son of Edward Delafield by his second marriage to Julia Floyd.

Francis Delafield was born, raised and married on the Floyd estate in Mastic, Long Island.

Francis Delafield kept an extensive journal of her life during the Civil war until her death.

Francis Delafield was one of a few women invited to attend Lincoln's 2nd inauguration.

Julia Floyd Francis Delafield watched all of her husband's six children die of tuberculosis.

Francis' brother Augustus Floyd Delafield travelled extensively around Scotland and brought back a set of golf clubs in 1880s.

From London, Francis Delafield' grandfather emigrated to New York City.

Francis Delafield was one of forty gentlemen who subscribed $10,000 each, and founded the United insurance company, acting as a director, and serving as president for many years.

Francis Delafield was fitted for college in private schools in New York City, and at Yale received a dissertation appointment in junior year and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Francis Delafield was the founder of the first pathological laboratory in US, and his writings upon pathological subjects were accepted as standard authorities.

Since 1868, when he became a lecturer on pathological anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Francis Delafield had been a member of the Faculty of Columbia University.

Francis Delafield had served as pathologist and attending physician to Roosevelt Hospital and as surgeon to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Francis Delafield held membership in the New York County Medical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, the Pathological Society, and the Association of American Physicians, becoming the first president of the latter organization in 1886.

Francis Delafield was the primary physician who was consulted following the shooting of United States President William McKinley in September 1901.

In 1948, in recognition for his career in medicine, the Francis Delafield Hospital opened as a cancer research center for Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

On January 17,1870 in Mulenburgh's church Francis Delafield married Katherine Van Rensselaer, the daughter of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and the granddaughter of Stephen Van Rensselaer III.

Francis Delafield was buried in Grace Church Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island.

Between 1859 and 1865, his father Dr Edward Francis Delafield, assembled a 154-acre tract of land in Darien, Connecticut.

Francis Delafield lived on Delafield Island until his death in 1955.

Francis Delafield had two children from her first marriage to the architect Robert Spurgeon; And two children from her second marriage to the attorney Frank A Zunino Jr.

Francis Delafield was of the family of Count de la Feld, which dates back to the darkest period of the Middle Ages and seated at the Chateaux of La Feld, in Alsace.