San Francisco County
Biographies
EDWIN
O. COCHRANE, D. D. S.
Edwin O. Cochrane,
D. D. S., whose office is situated at No. 850 Market street, San Francisco, has
been a resident of California since 1874, and has been engaged in the practice
of dentistry since 1869. He was born in
New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1848, and received his early education in the public
schools of that city, graduating from the high school in 1866. He commenced the study of his profession in
the office of Dr. J. W. Allen, entering that office as a student, but having an
interest in the practice before he left for New York in 1870. He remained at that place and vicinity for
the next four years, engaged in the practice of dentistry. In 1874 he came to the Pacific coast, and has
since been continuously engaged in dental practice in San Francisco since 1876
in his present office. On the
organization of the dental department of the University of California, he was
appointed Demonstrator of Mechanical Dentistry, and in 1884 was appointed
Clinical Professor of Mechanical Dentistry, now called prosthetic dentistry. This position he resigned in 1886, his
private engagements not allowing him to hold that position longer.
Dr. Cochrane’s family are among the early settlers of this country. His father was a native of Kentucky, and his
mother of New York. His father was for
many years a well-known business man of New Orleans.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2,
pages 81-82, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2005 Donna L. Becker.