Weller van Hook
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'''Weller van Hook''', (1862-1933) Chicago surgeon, author and official in the [[Theosophical Society]], whose son [[Hubert van Hook|Hubert]] was at one time viewed as the appropriate vehicle for the [[Lord Maitreya]]. | '''Weller van Hook''', (1862-1933) Chicago surgeon, author and official in the [[Theosophical Society]], whose son [[Hubert van Hook|Hubert]] was at one time viewed as the appropriate vehicle for the [[Lord Maitreya]]. | ||
| − | Weller van Hook was born May 14, 1862, son of William Russell van Hook (b 1837) and Phebe Matilda Weller (1839-1889). | + | Weller van Hook was born May 14, 1862 in Greenville, Indiana, son of William Russell van Hook (b 1837) and Phebe Matilda "Tillie" Weller (1839-1889). |
| − | He married Anna C Whaley Jun 16, 1892 in Saint Louis, Missouri.[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vanhook99&id=I03933] | + | He received his A.B. from the University of Michigan, and also studied medicine in Chicago. He began practice in 1887. He married Anna C Whaley Jun 16, 1892 in Saint Louis, Missouri.[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vanhook99&id=I03933] |
He was the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html] | He was the third Chairman in Surgery at Northwestern Medical School.[http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/urology/history.html] | ||
