Stuyvesant Fish Morris

Stuyvesant Fish Morris (August 3, 1843 – May 10, 1928) was an American physician and the progenitor of Manhattan's prominent family of physicians. Early life Morris was born in Manhattan on August 3, 1843. He was a son of Richard Lewis Morris (1805–1880) and Elizabeth Sarah Fish (1810–1881). His siblings included Richard Lewis Morris Jr., Elizabeth Stuyvesant Morris, and James Morris. His maternal grandparents were Nicholas Fish (1758–1833), Adjutant General of New York and Revolutionary War soldier, and Elizabeth (née Stuyvesant) Fish (1775–1854), a descendant of both the Livingston family and Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam. He was also a nephew of Hamilton Fish, the Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State. His paternal grandparents were Helen (née Van Cortlandt) Morris (1768–1812) and James Morris (1764–1827), High Sheriff of New York. His grandfather was a son of Lewis Morris (1726–1798), signor of the Declaration of Independence, from the prominent Colonial-era Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx. Education and training Morris was educated at Columbia College Grammar School. He graduated from Columbia University in 1863, earning an A.B. degree, and in 1866, earning an A.M. degree. He earned his medical degree from Columbia Medical School in 1867. He trained as the acting Assistant Surgeon, United States, house surgeon for the New York Hospital, and as a sanitary inspector.