Alameda County Biographies

JOHN F. BURDICK, M.D.

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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	Son of the Rev. James R. and Mrs. Anna (Babcock) Burdick, was born in Ithaca, Tompkins 
County, New York, September 25, 1849.  Having received his education in the Cornell University, 
in 1869 he entered upon the study of medicine at Ann Arbor, Michigan, whence he was graduated in 
1872.  He now returned to the county of his birth and commenced the practice of his profession, 
which he continued until 1876, when he came to Oakland, Alameda County, and practiced there until 
appointed by the Board of Supervisors Physician of the County Infirmary in December, 1878, a 
position he now holds.  Married in March, 1882, Miss Carrie Hebbard.

History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 858