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Hermann Michael Biggs
Honorary Fellow
Date of honorary Fellowship admission: 4 December 1919
Hermann Michael Biggs was born 29 September 1859 in Trumansburg, New York. A pathologist and public health pioneer, he obtained his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883. In 1892, he joined the health department of New York City, becoming general health officer of the New York Department of Health in 1900. In 1914, he became State Commissioner of Health for the state. He was awarded honorary fellowship for the role he played during WWI He died on 28 June 1923.
Honorary Fellow
An honorific sporadically granted to both medical and non-medical individuals, the first being awarded in 1696.