Background
Source: Wikipedia
William Lee Howard (1860–1918) was an American physician and writer. William Lee Howard was born in Hartford, Connecticut on the 1st of November 1860. His father was one of the founders of the Republican Party. He attended Williston Seminary, and studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. He also spent time at Columbia University, Oxford University, Ecole de Médecine, Paris, and the University of Edinburgh, before ultimately obtaining his M.D.

