Pearl T. Haskell Explained

Pearl T. Haskell
Birth Date:10 March 1868
Birth Place:Deering, Maine, U.S.
Death Place:Bangor, Maine, U.S.
Alma Mater:Medical School of Maine (1893)
Coach Years1:1891
Coach Team1:Bowdoin

Pearl Tenney Haskell (March 10, 1868 – April 13, 1919) was an American physician, politician, and college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1891 where he was a medical student.[1] [2]

Haskell attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then studied at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University for a year. He graduated from Bowdowin's Medical School of Maine in 1893. He practice medicine in Union, Sanbornville, and Concord, New Hampshire.

Haskell was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913.[3] He was the superintendent of the Maine State Hospital in Bangor, Maine for five tear until his death on April 13, 1919. He was found dead from accidental gasoline asphyxiation, in his home's garage in Bangor.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pearl Tenney Haskell. haskellfamilyhistory.com. February 6, 2020.
  2. Web site: Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine. 1891. Bowdoin College. February 6, 2020.
  3. Web site: Pearl Haskell. February 17, 2012 . politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com. February 6, 2020.
  4. News: . Dr. P. T. Haskell Was Asphyxiated . . . April 14, 1919 . 15 . September 7, 2022 . .
  5. Web site: Program [of The] Annual Meeting]. 1919. American Medico-Psychological Association. January 6, 2020.