Simeon Isaac Battiste
Battiste, Simeon I., Louisville, Ky., Louisville National Medical College, 1898; Birth: October 11, 1860, in Jamaica, BWI; Death: December 4, 1920.
Hafner, Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929.
Hafner, Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929.
1860
I have - so far - not been able to find any record of Simeon Battiste's birth or baptism in Jamaica in 1860. However there are records indicating he had a son, born in 1880.
Battiste is not recorded as the father, but he was present at the birth of the boy, Bartholomew, who was given the surname 'Battiste'.
On the record of his marriage in 1904, Bartholomew gives the name of his father as 'Simeon Isaac Battiste'.
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1889
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I have received this information from Apothecaries Hall, in London, England:
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Apothecaries Hall, 1831
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Simeon Isaac Battiste qualified from Apothecaries Hall, Black Friars Lane, London, as an Assistant to an Apothecary on June 24th 1889. This was a certificate in Qualification in Compounding and Dispensing medicines. He is listed as living at 8 Christmas-street Bristol.
The Apothecaries Act of 1815 made it compulsory for those intending to qualify as Apothecaries Assistants to take an examination testing their ability to translate part of the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, physicians’ prescriptions their knowledge of pharmacy and material medica. If successful the candidate obtained a certificate. By 1888 there were seventy seven candidates. |
”Assistants to Apothecaries” Register
1891
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1892
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This card records the arrival of Simeon Battiste in the USA in 1892 -
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1894
Battiste spent a year at the University of Michigan, before continuing his medical studies at the Louisville National Medical College
1894-5
Catalogue of the University of Michigan: Students
Simeon I. Battiste - Detroit
Catalogue of the University of Michigan: Students
Simeon I. Battiste - Detroit
1898
BOONE : COUNTY : RECORDER
Wednesday, April 20, 1898.
Five colored graduates were turned out at the Louisville National Medical College last week.
Wednesday, April 20, 1898.
Five colored graduates were turned out at the Louisville National Medical College last week.
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1900
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A UK patent for an invention developed by Battiste (presumably!) with a blacksmith in Louisville. The invention was also patented in the USA, but this is the best reproduction of the documents!
American Baptist (Louisville, Ky), July 3, 1903
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Michigan Alumnus, 1904
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1907
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Polk's Medical Register and Directory of the United States ...
1914
BATTISTE S I I. M D (R). Louisville Natl Med Coll, '98; Matriculate Univ of Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich, 1894: Grad Soc of Apothecaries, London, Eng, 1891; Late Prof of Pathology, Hygiene and Clinical Med, Louisville Natl Med Coll; Prof of Bacteriology Louisville Natl Med Coll, Louisville, Ky, 1033 W Jefferson St., Louisville.
1914
BATTISTE S I I. M D (R). Louisville Natl Med Coll, '98; Matriculate Univ of Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich, 1894: Grad Soc of Apothecaries, London, Eng, 1891; Late Prof of Pathology, Hygiene and Clinical Med, Louisville Natl Med Coll; Prof of Bacteriology Louisville Natl Med Coll, Louisville, Ky, 1033 W Jefferson St., Louisville.
Michigan Alumnus, vol 27, 1920
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American Medical Association, death notice, 1920
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