- Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley
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name= Ethelbert L. Dudley
lived=1847 –February 20 ,1862
placeofbirth= Lexington,Kentucky
placeofdeath=Columbia, Kentucky
caption= Col. Ethelbert L. Dudley
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allegiance= United States of America
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battles=American Civil War
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laterwork=Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley (
1847 –February 20 1862 ), was a prominentKentucky physician and a member of the faculty of Transylvania Medical School.Early life
Dudley, the son of Ambrose Dudley, was born near
Lexington, Kentucky . He was educated atHarvard University and Transylvania Medical School.cite web |title ="The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University"| publisher = J. P. Morton & company| date = 1905 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=KKs8AAAAMAAJ| accessdate = 2008-03-04]Medical career
Dudley studied under his famous uncle, Benjamin Dudley, at Transylvania Medical School; graduating in 1842 and joining the faculty. While at Transylvania, he held several positions including chair of the of department of General and Pathological Anatomy. Dudley originated and was editor of the Transylvania Medical Journal. Additionally, Dudley was on faculty at the newly formed Kentucky School of Medical and the
United States Marine Hospital of Louisville .Military service and death
In 1862, at age 45, Dudley died of
Typhoid Fever inColumbia, Kentucky . At the time of his death he was serving in the 21st Kentucky Infantry during theAmerican Civil War . He was interned atLexington Cemetery .References
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