Hugh H. Toland
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| Born |
April 16, 1806 Newberry County, South Carolina |
| Died | February 27, 1880 (aged 73) San Francisco, California |
| Alma mater | Transylvania Medical College |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Years active | 1832-1880 |
| Known for | Founder of the University of California, San Francisco |
Hugh Huger Toland (April 16, 1806 — February 27, 1880) was a South Carolina surgeon who founded the Toland Medical College, which later became the University of California, San Francisco.
He received his medical degree from Transylvania Medical College. After practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina, he arrived in San Francisco with his wife in 1851. He was one of the most successful surgeons in California.
In 1864 he established Toland Medical College, building a headquarters at the corner of Stockton and Francisco, across from the San Francisco City and County Hospital. Most of the faculty and students transferred from the earlier Cooper Medical College, which had closed after the death of its founder, Elias Samuel Cooper. The first class graduated in 1865. By 1870, the school had a class of thirty students and forty-five alumni.
That year, Toland sought to affiliate the school to the recently created University of California. In March 1873, the school became the Medical Department of the University of California. Initially, he fought to keep his name in the institution, but he eventually gave in, feeling that a public institution should not bear the name of a private person. He died of a stroke at age 74.
The main lecture hall at UCSF bears his name. The same lecture hall features many murals, some depicting Hugh Toland himself.
Brown and Toland Physicians, a Bay Area medical group, is named after Toland and Charlotte Blake Brown.
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