William T. G. Morton
American dentist and physician
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William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist and physician who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anaesthesia became... Wikipedia
Born: August 9, 1819, Charlton, MA
Died: July 15, 1868 (age 48 years), New York, NY
Known for: First use of Ether in surgical operations
Education: Harvard University, Washington University in St. Louis, Harvard Medical School, and more
Children: William J. Morton
Spouse: Elizabeth Whiteman (m. 1843)