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Dr. David Hosack (August 31 1769 – December 22 1835) a noted physician botanist and educator is perhaps most widely known as the doctor who attended to Alexander Hamilton after Hamilton’s deadly duel with Aaron Burr. Born in New York City to parents Alexander and Jane Hosack David was the first of their seven children. Following the end of the American Revolution Hosack was sent to New Jersey academies to further his education first in Newark and then Hackensack.
