Samuel Bayard Woodward

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]

Samuel Bayard Woodward
Born10 June 1787 
Torringford 
Died3 January 1850  (aged 62)
Northampton 
OccupationPsychiatrist 
ChildrenRufus Woodward 
Awards

References
  1. Grob, Gerald N. "Woodward, Samuel Bayard (1787-1850)". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1201002.


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