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Linden F. (Linden Forest) Edwards
1899–1970
A longtime anatomy professor who also wrote lively medical history, he brought scholarly care and a storyteller’s eye to subjects ranging from human dissection to grave robbing in nineteenth-century Ohio.
1 Audiobook
Cincinnati's "Old Cunny": A Notorious Purveyor of Human Flesh
by Linden F. (Linden Forest) Edwards, Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
About the author
Born in Lewisville, Ohio, on November 25, 1899, he studied at Ohio State University, earning a B.A. in 1922, an M.S. in 1923, and a Ph.D. in 1928 after additional graduate work that also included time at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois.
Edwards is remembered as a professor of anatomy and a writer of medical history. His books and articles joined solid anatomical teaching with a strong interest in the history of medicine, including works such as Concise Anatomy, The History of Human Dissection, and Cincinnati's "Old Cunny": A Notorious Purveyor of Human Flesh.
A brief biographical notice about him appeared in The Anatomical Record after his death in 1970, reflecting the respect he had earned in his field. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources checked for this overview.