Edward Augustus Holyoke

Edward Augustus Holyoke (August 1, 1728-March 31, 1829 was an educator and physician. A son of the Rev. Edward Holyoke,a former President of Harvard, Edward Augustus garduated from that college in 1746. He opened a medical practice in 1748 and practiced for 73 more years, until retiring in 1821.

Holyoke was also a founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[?], of which he was president from 1814 to 1820. Coincidently, he was also a founder and president of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 1782-1784 and 1786-1788[?]. His length of service to the medical practice and to his pioneering work in the advancement of smallpox vaccinations aren't overlooked.

His death at age 100 in 1829 (quite a lifespan for that time) was not only incredible, but amazing, considering that life expectancy was only to 50.