Cabot, Richard Clarke (1868-1939)

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Richard C. Cabot to Jane Addams, October 1, 1907

Richard C. Cabot to Jane Addams, October 15, 1907

Richard Clarke Cabot to Jane Addams, ca. 1910

Richard C. Cabot to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, ca. October 1912

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, October 1912

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 2, 1916

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 29, 1925

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 31, 1925

How Much Social Work Can a Community Afford? May 26, 1926

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Birth Date

1868-05-21

Death Date

1939-05-07

Birthplace

Brookline, MA

Biographical Text

Richard Clarke Cabot attended Harvard University and graduated in 1889 summa cum laude. He worked as a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he founded the department of medical social work and later became a member of their consulting team, remaining as such for his entire life. Cabot was also a consultant to the New England Hospital for Women and Children, the Westboro School for Boys, and the Lancaster School for Girls, and an army doctor on the hospital ship Bay State in the Spanish-American War and at a base hospital in France during World War I. His research and writings covered topics like blood and diagnosis. Cabot also held many positions at Harvard: Lecturer on Philosophy, Instructor in Clinical Medicine, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Medicine, and Professor of Social Ethics. Cabot was also Professor of Natural Theology at the Andover-Newton Theological School from 1935 to 1939.

Cabot married Ella Lyman in 1894. Cabot died in 1939.

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DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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1907

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“Cabot, Richard Clarke (1868-1939),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1844.

Cabot, Richard Clarke (1868-1939)

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Spanish-American War

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Richard C. Cabot to Jane Addams, October 1, 1907

Richard C. Cabot to Jane Addams, October 15, 1907

Richard Clarke Cabot to Jane Addams, ca. 1910

Richard C. Cabot to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, ca. October 1912

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, October 1912

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 2, 1916

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 29, 1925

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 29, 1925

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 31, 1925

How Much Social Work Can a Community Afford? May 26, 1926

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