Samuel Bayard Woodward

Samuel Bayard Woodward
BornJune 10, 1787 
Torringford 
DiedJanuary 3, 1850  (aged 62)
OccupationPsychiatrist 
ChildrenRufus Woodward 
Awards
Position heldPresident of the American Psychiatric Association (1844–1848) 

Samuel Bayard Woodward (1787–1850) was an American psychiatrist who was the first superintendent of the Worcester Lunatic Asylum, and a co-founder and first president of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (later known as the American Psychiatric Association).[1]

References

  1. ^ Grob, Gerald N. (2000). "Woodward, Samuel Bayard (1787-1850)". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1201002. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.