David Hosack (1769-1835)
Educated at Columbia College, he was professor of natural history at Columbia and had
nine children by three wives. He was the physician who treated Alexander Hamilton following
his fatal duel with Aaron Burr.
Educated at Columbia College, he was professor of natural history at Columbia and had
nine children by three wives. He was the physician who treated Alexander Hamilton following
his fatal duel with Aaron Burr.
