Doctor Frank C. Canfield Hollister, Dr.

FRANK CANFIELD HOLLISTER, M.D., successful physician of New York City, and able specialist of internal medicine, was born in Greenwich, Fairfield county, Connecticut, June 14, 1866, the son of Philander Hatch and Anna (Canfield) Hollister. He is in direct lineal descent from Lieutenant John Hollister, who came to America from England in 1640, was one of the founders of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and later held various offices in the Connecticut Colony. His son, Stephen Hollister, became a captain in the Colonial Army, and the subsequent generations from that to the present of the Hollister family have held honorable, and in some instances prominent, connection with the affairs of the State of Connecticut. Philander H. Hollister, father of Frank C. Hollister, was in the ministry of the Congregational church, and was a veteran of the Civil War, having been present at the capture of Richmond, in his capacity of chaplain to the forces.

    Frank Canfield Hollister received much of his early education from his father, and he subsequently attended the high school at Greenwich, Connecticut, proceeding in 1882 to the Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, where he remained for three years, graduating therefrom in 1885. In 1887 he came to New York City and became a medical student at the Bellevue Medical College (which now is known as the medical department of the New York University), pursuing the course of lectures and giving intelligent attention to the clinical side of the studies until in 1890 he was able to graduate and be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

    Although entitled to enter immediately into the private practice of medicine, Dr. Hollister considered his later efficiency as a physician would be bettered by the wide knowledge he would obtain in a postgraduate course at one of the large city hospitals, therefore he postponed the opening of an office and attached himself to the house staff of Bellevue Hospital, where he remained for two and a half years, and his heavy and varied practical work during this period gave him confidence and an intimate knowledge of the practice of medicine.  He also was able to undertake much research during his interneship, his special study having been in the direction of internal medicine, in which branch of medical science he ultimately gained notable success.

    Entering into private practice in New York City, in 1893, he formed professional association with Dr. George B. Fowler, Health Commissioner of New York City, which partnership continued effectively until 1908, when Dr. Hollister established himself in individual practice in New York City, since which time his clientele steadily increased until it reached the point at which it demanded all his time. Consequently, he has not been able to maintain staff connection with many New York hospitals. In his early years of practice he was active and successful as an educator, for some time having been identified with the faculty of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, as instructor thereat, and for three years instructor at the New York Polyclinic Medical College. During his association with the medical fraternity of New York City, Dr. Hollister has been attending physician to the Gouverneur and Elizabeth hospitals, attending physician of outdoor poor department of Bellevue Hospital, and also assistant visiting physician to Bellevue Hospital.

    Dr. Hollister belongs to the American Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of New York, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Medicine, of which he is a fellow, the New York County Medical Association, and the Alumni Association of Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Hollister holds membership in the Colonial Club, and is an enthusiastic autoist; in fact, was one of the founders of the Automobile Club of America.

    On October 15, 1896, Dr. Hollister married Elaine, daughter of William F. Shirley, retired banker of New York City. To them have been born two children, Frank and Gloria. Their New York City residence is at No. 264 West Seventy-seventh Street, where also is Dr. Hollister 's office. James J. Walsh, M.D, Ph. D., Sc. D, HIstory of Medicine in New York,  Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Vol. IV National Americana Society, Inc. New York 1919. Pags. 202-204

FRANK CANFIELD HOLLISTER, M.D., 264 West 77th Street, New York City; graduated in medicine from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in 1890; elected a Fellow of The Academy May 15, 1902; died, November 30, 1929. Dr. Hollister Was a Fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of the County and State Medical Societies, and the Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital, Physician to St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Consulting Physician to Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, N. Y. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Journal of Urban Health, 1930 Jan; 6 (1): 66.