George Augustus Weaver (1872 - ?) was a physician, surgeon, and educator. His contributions to the education of black students led to a library being named in his honor in Tuscaloosa. A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Surgery Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ...

George Weaver was born in 1872, the son of Lawrence and Lucy Elizabeth Weaver of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Lawrence Weaver was a blacksmith, businessman and landowner as well as a trustee for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Tuscaloosa. He was the father of six children and sent all of them to college. George Augustus Weaver was his oldest child and graduated from Talladega College in 1892. Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama, on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County. ... The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church, is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816. ...

George Weaver was the principal of a school for black students in Gadsden, Alabama for one year and then attended Howard University. He graduated from Howard University with a medical degree in 1899 and interned at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Gadsden is a city located in northeastern Alabama. ... Howard University is a historically black university in Washington, D.C. It was established by a congressional charter in 1867, and much of its early funding came from the Freedmens Bureau. ... The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Motto: BELIEVE (formerly The City That Reads) Nickname: Charm City Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated 30 July 1729 1797  County Independent city Mayor Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 349. ...

Weaver returned to Tuscaloosa in 1900 and was a surgeon at Stillman Hospital, located on the campus of Stillman College. Weaver was most active in church, civic and fraternal affairs and was a Trustee and Deacon of the First African Baptist Church. During this time he made his personal library available for black students to use in their studies. Stillman College is a historically black liberal arts college located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ...

In 1960 Mrs. Ruth Bolden, the first librarian in for what is now the Weaver-Bolden Library Branch, requested that the Library be named for Dr. Weaver to honor his contribution to young people and his generosity with his own books to the students of the area (Kampis).

References

Bailey, Kathy. Dr. George Augustus Weaver. Tuscaloosa, AL: Tuscaloosa Public Library, 2004.

Kampis, Johnny. "Ruth Bolden--Pioneer", The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, AL: May 15, 2004.

External Links

Stillman College

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Weaver-Bolden Branch Library