Robert Abbe
Robert Abbe was born on April 13, 1851. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Robert Abbe
Robert Abbe (April 13, 1851 – March 7, 1928) was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in New York City. He was born in New York City and educated at the College of the City of New York (S.B., 1871) and Columbia University (M.D., 1874). Abbe was most known as a plastic surgeon, and between 1877 and 1884 he served as a surgeon and professor of surgery at New York Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and New York Babies Hospital. During this time, he would spend summers travelling, and he amassed a large collection of Wabanaki artifacts and archeological materials, and in 1927 founded the Abbe…