The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbott, Alexander Crever

ABBOTT, Alexander Crever, American hygienist: b. Baltimore, Md., 26 Feb. 1860. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University and at the universities of Maryland, Munich, and Berlin. He is a fellow of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia, and a member of numerous scientific societies; in 1900 was professor of hygiene and director of the laboratory of hygiene at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include ‘The Principles of Bacteriology’ (1892, 1915); ‘The Hygiene of Transmissive Diseases’ (1899–1902), and numerous papers on bacteriology and hygiene.