William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician in the United States and a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. He was born to William Worrall Mayo and his wife Louise in Le Sueur, Minnesota. United States Postal Service 1964 postage stamp depicting Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo Stamp was created prior to 1978 and is therefore public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Charles Horace Mayo User:Jonathunder/sandbox William James Mayo Categories: Public domain images ... United States Postal Service 1964 postage stamp depicting Charles Horace Mayo and William James Mayo Stamp was created prior to 1978 and is therefore public domain File links The following pages link to this file: Charles Horace Mayo User:Jonathunder/sandbox William James Mayo Categories: Public domain images ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Physician examining a child The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... The Mayo Clinic is a world-renowned medical practice operated by the Mayo Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Rochester, Minnesota. ... Dr. W. W. Mayo William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English medical doctor and chemist, best known for founding the Mayo Clinic in the late 19th century with his sons William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota in the United States. ... Le Sueur is a city located in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. ...
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Education and Professional Work
Mayo earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1883. Afterwards, he became a surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. along side his father and his brother Charles. In 1889, they co-founded a clinic that would later become the Mayo Clinic.
References
Clapesattle, Helen. The Doctors Mayo, University of Minnesota Press (1975). ISBN 0816604657
His father, William Worrall Mayo, migrated when a boy from England to America, studied medicine, and served as surgeon at several army posts before settling at Rochester, Minnesota.
In 1919 he was awarded the D.S.M. Charles Horace Mayo (1865-), American surgeon, was born at Rochester, Minn., July 19 1865.
Early in 1915 the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research was incorporated, and to it the brothers gave $1,500,000.
William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English medical doctor and chemist, best known for founding the Mayo Clinic in the late 19th century with his sons WilliamJamesMayo and Charles Horace Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota in the United States.
Mayo spent a brief period of time in Buffalo, New York before settling in Lafayette, Indiana where he worked as a tailor (one of the jobs he had practiced while in England).
Mayo tried his hand at a number of different activities including farming, operating a ferry service, and serving as a judge in addition to occasional medical duties.
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