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Dr. William A. Wells Dies in Washington, DC - December, 1958

DR. WILLIAM A. WELLS, JR., of Washington, D.C.,

died on December 19, 1958 at the age of 85. Dr. Wells

was born in Washington, June 28, 1873, and attended

elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, later moving to

Hudson, Wisconsin, where he entered high school. He

returned to Washington and graduated from M Street

High School in 1892 as valedictorian of his class. Dr.

Wells earned four professional degrees from Howard University.

He received the LL.B. in 1897, the LL.M. in 1898,

the Ph.C. in 1903 and the M.D. in 1907. Following his

graduation in medicine he served Howard as assistant professor

of pathology for ten years, when he resigned to

enter full time private practice. At the time of his death

he was mayor of Highland Beach, a summer colony on

Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. He is survived by his wife,

Mrs. Lillian A. Wells.

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