William Henry Welch (April 8, 1850 - April 30, 1934) was an American physician and medical school administrator. He was first dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was an instrumental reformer of medical education in the United States as well as a president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1913-1917.

External links

• Chronology of the Life of William Henry Welch

Further reading

• John M. Barry, (2004). The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History. Viking Penguin. ISBN 0670894737. (This book covers a great deal of Welch's life as well as other medical people of the era.)

American physicians | 1850 births | 1934 deaths