George Cheyne Shattuck Choate (March 30, 1827 – June 4, 1896) was a physician and the founder of a psychiatric sanatorium.

Biography

He was born at Salem, Massachusetts

Salem, Massachusetts

Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...

 on March 30, 1827, to Margaret Manning Hodges and George Choate.

George Cheyne Shattuck Choate's siblings were:

• Charles Francis Choate, born on 16 May 1828.
• Sarah Elizabeth Choate, born on 24 September 1829 and died on 1 May 1860, at age 30.
• William Gardner Choate
  William Gardner Choate
  William Gardner Choate was a United States federal judge.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Choate received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1852 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1854...
  
  , born on 30 August 1830.
• Joseph Hodges Choate
  Joseph Hodges Choate
  Joseph Hodges Choate , was an American lawyer and diplomat.-Biography:He was born in Salem, Massachusetts on January 24, 1832. He was the son of physician George Choate and the brother of George C. S. Choate. His father's first cousin was Rufus Choate...
  
  , born on 24 January 1832.
• Caroline Choate, born on 16 October 1834.

Choate graduated from Harvard College

Harvard College

Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...

 in 1846 and Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....

 in 1849. He married Susan Osgood Kittredge (1830-1925).

Choate eventually moved to Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

 where he started his own sanitarium

Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...

. Choate added a wing to his house for use of his sanitarium to house patients being treated for mental and nervous disorders. One of Choate's most famous patients was politician and New York Tribune

New York Tribune

The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States...

founder, Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer, a politician, and an outspoken opponent of slavery...

. Following his defeat for the Presidency

President of the United States

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 of the United States

United States

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 in 1872, Greeley checked into Choate’s sanitarium where he died a few weeks later.

The Choate family also established The Choate School

Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut...

 in Wallingford, Connecticut

Wallingford, Connecticut

Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census.- History :Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen...

.

He died on June 4, 1896.

Legacy

Choate died in 1896, but his Sanitarium remained open for another decade. In 1909, Choate’s widow had the wing her husband had constructed moved to its present location—just a stone's throw away from its former location using horses, and at an inch at a time it took about six months to move. Mrs. Choate lived there until her death, at age 95, in 1926. Today, Choate’s sanitarium is now "Marks Hall" and his former residence is now known as "Choate House

Choate House (New York)

There is a Choate House in Massachusetts, formerly owned by the same Choate family.Choate House was built in 1867 by shoe manufacturer Samuel Baker in what is now Pleasantville, New York. It later became the residence of Dr. George C.S. Choate. Choate added a wing as a private sanitarium to...

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Pleasantville, New York

Pleasantville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 7,019 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Mount Pleasant. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center...

 campus of Pace University

Pace University

Pace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...

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