Arthur
E. Verrinder, M. D., D. D. S., whose office is in the Flood building, has been
a resident of California since 1879, and has engaged in dentistry during those
years. He as born in Dane, Wisconsin,
in 1858, the son of Thomas Verrinder, a native of Gloucestershire, England,
where his family resided for centuries back.
He came to America in 1831, and was one of the pioneer settlers of
Wisconsin, where he was engaged in farming for many years; he died there in
1876. His wife was a native of
Scotland.
Arthur
E. received his early education in the schools of Dane, Wisconsin, and later
attended the high school at Lodi, same State, for more than a year. In 1879 he came to California, and
immediately commenced the study of dentistry, under the preceptorship of Dr. W.
G. Winter, of San Francisco. At the
same time he entered the Cooper Medical College of San Francisco, where he
graduated in 1864, receiving his degree as Doctor of Medicine. Between the courses of medical lectures at
the Cooper Medical College, Dr. Verrinder went to Philadelphia Dental College,
graduating at that institution in 1882, and receiving the degree of Doctor of
Dental Surgery. He at once returned to
California, where he continued his dental and medical studies until his
graduation in medicine in 1884. Since
that time he has continued in active practice in San Francisco. For a number of years Dr. Verrinder was a
member of the State Dental Association, and of the State Medical Association of
California, as well as the County Medical Society of San Francisco.
Transcribed by
Donna L. Becker
Source: "The
Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, page 604, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2004 Donna L. Becker.