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
Born	10 June 1787  Torringford
Died	3 January 1850  (aged 62) Northampton
Occupation	Psychiatrist
Children	Rufus Woodward
Awards	honorary degree (Doctor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 1822)
Position held	President of the American Psychiatric Association (1844–1848)

References

1. Grob, Gerald N. (2000). "Woodward, Samuel Bayard (1787-1850)". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1201002. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.

External links

• Works by or about Samuel Bayard Woodward at the Internet Archive