1. Dr Solomon Drowne was a prominent American physician, academic and surgeon during the American Revolution and in the history of the fledgling United States.
14 Facts About Solomon Drowne
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Solomon Drowne's father was a merchant and was heavily involved in the civic affairs of the town.
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The Drowne family was active in the First Baptist Church in America.
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From 1776 to 1780, during the Revolutionary War, Solomon Drowne served as a surgeon in different hospitals and with different regiments throughout the Continental Army.
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In 1783, Solomon Drowne was elected to the Brown University board of fellows.
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Solomon Drowne traveled to Europe, touring various medical facilities and schools and meeting Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in Paris.
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Solomon Drowne was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1790.
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Solomon Drowne was a close friend of US Senator Theodore Foster, whom he had met at college.
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In 1801 Solomon Drowne returned to Rhode Island and bought a farm next to Senator Foster in Foster, Rhode Island naming his farm Mt.
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Solomon Drowne used the farm for botanical research and named his driveway the "Appian Way".
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In 1811, Solomon Drowne was appointed Professor of Botany and Materia Medica in the medical department at Rhode Island College.
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Solomon Drowne laid out the college's first botanical garden, became one of the original members of the Rhode Island Medical Society and one of the founders of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry.
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Solomon Drowne's papers are now a part of Brown University's collection.
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The phrase "the whole Fraternity of Noise", describing the growing street noise in Philadelphia's downtown, is often misattributed to Benjamin Franklin, but actually originates in a letter from Drowne to his brother William while Solomon was in Philadelphia in 1774.