Fondo F2458 - Thomas H. Farrell fonds

Thomas Henry Farrell, a physician based in Utica, New York, was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1868. He moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1869, and would later matriculate at Queen's University, graduating with a B.A. in 1889, an M.A. in 1890 and an M.D. in 1895. He completed his post-graduate work in New York City, and established his practice in Utica in 1897. During the 1918 influenza epidemic, he headed a temporary hospital, for which he received wide praise. He was a member of the Queen's Board of Trustees from 1923 to 1947, and the University Council from 1904 to 1947. He died in a car accident in August 1947.