Galen Hunter

Galen Hunter
BornJanuary 20, 1802
Westmore, Vermont, U.S.
DiedAugust 6, 1872(1872-08-06) (aged 70)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeCypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician
Known forFounder of The Village Apothecary Shop

Galen Hunter, M.D. (January 20, 1802 – August 6, 1872) was an American pharmacist. He founded The Village Apothecary Shop on Sixth Avenue in New York City. Today, as C.O. Bigelow, it is the oldest apothecary–pharmacy in the United States.[1]

Early life

Hunter was born in Westmore, Vermont,[2] to Jabesh Hunter and Mary Savage.[3] He graduated Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1824.[4][5]

Career

In 1838, Hunter established The Village Apothecary Shop at 102 Sixth Avenue in New York City.[6][7] He ran the business until 1863, at which point it was sold to George L. Hooper,[8] a native of Castine, Maine.[9]

He was a member of the Medical Society of the County of New York between 1841 and his death.[10][11]

Personal life

On January 27, 1827, in Springfield, Vermont, Hunter married Elizabeth Rosalind Willard (1807–1852),[12] of Burke, Vermont. They had three known children: Dr. William Charles, who was born in 1829; Helen Elizabeth, born in White River Junction, Vermont, on June 6, 1836;[3] and George Olcutt.[12]

Death

Hunter died on August 6, 1872, aged 70.[13] He is interred in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery. He survived his wife by twenty years.[3]

References

  1. ^ "C.O. Bigelow Chemists". NYMag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. ^ Dickhuth, Anita (2011). Greenwich Village. p. 88. ISBN 9780738572734.
  3. ^ a b c Adams, Charles Collard (1908). Middletown Upper Houses: A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family. Grafton Press. p. 333. ISBN 9780598994349.
  4. ^ American Druggist, Volumes 81-82. Hearst Corporation. 1930. p. 32.
  5. ^ Holloway, Lisabeth M. (2018). Medical Obituaries: American Physicians' Biographical Notices in Selected Medical Journals Before 1907. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429674891.
  6. ^ Vora, Shivani (2016-07-08). "Bustling Village Apothecary, Unchained by Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ^ American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record. American Druggist Publishing Company. 1907. p. 120.
  8. ^ Newsmakers. Gale Research. 2007.
  9. ^ Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews, Volume 42. Lillard & Company. 1924.
  10. ^ Medical Record: Volume 8. W. Wood. 1873. p. 161.
  11. ^ Medical record: A monthly journal of medicine and surgery · Volume 7. 1872. p. 448.
  12. ^ a b Pope, Ch. H. Willard Genealogy. Рипол Классик. p. 295. ISBN 9785872809920.
  13. ^ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Institutions. Dartmouth Press. 1880. p. 102.