Benjamin Franklin Bache 1924505 218839897 2008-06-12T11:47:51Z Bduke 541218 rm Afd tag after closing as keep :''This article is about the Navy surgeon. For his uncle of the same name, see [[Benjamin Franklin Bache (Journalist)]].'' '''Benjamin Franklin Bache''' ([[1801]]-[[1881]]), a great-grandson of the Revolutionary War statesman and author [[Benjamin Franklin]], was a surgeon in the United States Navy before and during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Bache graduated from [[Princeton University]] in [[1819]] and from the medical department of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[1823]]. He became a [[surgeon]] in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[1828]], and established a laboratory which supplied the Navy's medical department. From 1838 to 1841, he was a professor of natural science and religion at [[Kenyon College]] in [[Ohio]]. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the laboratory was maintained at his expense. It provided supplies to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] army. ==See also== *[[Richard Bache]], B.F. Bache's grandfather {{DEFAULTSORT:Bache, Benjamin Franklin}} [[Category:1801 births]] [[Category:1881 deaths]] [[Category:American surgeons]] [[Category:United States Navy personnel]] [[Category:Union Navy officers]] [[Category:American Civil War surgeons]] [[Category:Military physicians]]