George Cheyne Shattuck Jr.
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| Born | George Cheyne Shattuck July 22, 1813 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 1893 (aged 79) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Children | 3, including George |
George Cheyne Shattuck Jr. (July 22, 1813 – March 22, 1893) was an American medical doctor and educator who was the founder of St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and the dean of the Harvard Medical School from 1864 to 1869.
Early life
Shattuck was born in Boston on July 22, 1813, to George C. and Eliza Cheever (Davis) Shattuck. His maternal grandfather was Caleb Davis. He prepared for college at Joseph Cogswell's Round Hill School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1831. After one year at Harvard Law School, he entered Harvard Medical School. He graduated in 1835 and continued his studies in Europe.[1]
Career
Upon returning to Boston, Shattuck practiced with his father, who was one of the city's leading physicians.[1] From 1849 to 1885, he was a visiting physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was a professor of clinical medicine at the Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1859. He then served as a professor of the theory and practice of medicine at the school until 1873.[2] From 1864 to 1869, he was also the dean of the faculty of medicine.[3] From 1872 to 1874, he was the president of the Massachusetts Medical Society.[1] In 1877, he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4]
St. Paul's School
In 1856, Shattuck converted his summer home in Concord into a boarding school for boys.[5]: 8, 9 Inspired by the educational theories of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who believed that classroom learning should be balanced with the "direct experience of the senses", Shattuck wanted his two sons educated in the austere, bucolic countryside.[6] He hoped that eventually the school would "educate the sons of [other] wealthy inhabitants of large cities."[7]
Personal life and death
On April 9, 1840, Shattuck married Anne Henrietta Brune of Baltimore, who was the sister of one of his Harvard classmates. After his marriage, Shattuck abandoned Unitarianism and became an active member of the Episcopal Church. He was a generous donor to the Church of the Advent.[2] In 1866, he funded the construction of a new building for an Episcopal-affiliated boarding school in Minnesota. The school eventually became known as the Shattuck School and later merged with two other schools to become Shattuck-Saint Mary's School.[8] Shattuck was also a trustee of the General Theological Seminary.[1]
Shattuck died on March 22, 1893, after a lengthy illness. He was survived by his wife, a daughter, and two sons.[1] Both of his sons, George B. Shattuck and Frederick Cheever Shattuck, were doctors and professors of clinical medicine at Harvard.[1][9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Eliot, Samuel (May 1892 – May 1893). "George Cheyne Shattuck". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 28: 356–357.
- ^ a b Bradlee, Caleb Davis (1894). A Brief Sketch of the Life of Prof. George Cheyne Shattuck. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ^ "Past Deans of the Faculty of Medicine". Harvard Medical School. The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ^ "George Cheyne Shattuck". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. April 2025. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ^ Heckscher, August (1980). St. Paul's: The Life of a New England School (1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ Shoumatoff, Alex (June 8, 2009). "A Private-School Affair". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ Hicks, David V. (1996). "The Strange Fate of the American Boarding School". The American Scholar. 65 (4): 527. ISSN 0003-0937. JSTOR 41212553.
- ^ "Our History". Shattuck-St. Mary's. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ^ Harrington, Thomas Francis (1905). The Harvard Medical School: A History, Narrative And Documentary. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 152. Retrieved December 25, 2025.