Robert Means Lawrence

Robert Means Lawrence (May 14, 1847 - March 7, 1935) was an American physician and writer.

Lawrence was born in Boston. His parents were William Richards Lawrence and Susan Coombs Dana.[1] His grandfather was Amos Adams Lawrence. He attended Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. in 1873.[1] He worked as a physician at the Boston Dispensary and as an assistant surgeon of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers (1877-1882).[1]

He married Katherine Lawrence Cleaveland on June 30, 1870 and lived in Lexington, Massachusetts.[1] They had two daughters, Madeline and Isabel. He later lived in Washington and then Boston.[1]

Lawrence was interested in genealogy. He was baptized at Cathedral Church of St. Paul and became a warden of the congregation.[1]

Publications
  • Historical Sketches of Some Members of the Lawrence Family (1888)
  • The Magic of the Horseshoe (1898)[2]
  • The Descendants of Major Samuel Lawrence, of Groton, Massachusetts, With Some Mention of Allied Families (1904)
  • Primitive Therapy and Quackery (1910)
  • The Reverend Amos Adams, A.M. (1728-1775): Patriot Minister of Roxbury, Massachusetts (1912)
  • The Site of Saint Paul's Cathedral, Boston, and Its Neighborhood (1916)
  • Old Park Street and Its Vicinity (1922)
  • New England Colonial Life (1927)

References
  1. Lawrence, William. (Oct., 1944 - May, 1947). Robert Means Lawrence. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Third Series 68: 451-454.
  2. Newell, W. W. (1898). Reviewed Work: The Magic of the Horse-Shoe by Robert Means Lawrence. Journal of American Folklore 11 (43): 305.



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