Alfred Stengel

Alfred Stengel
Born	1868 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Died	1939
Citizenship	American
Occupation	physician

Professor Alfred Stengel (1868–1939) was an American surgeon, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was President of the American College of Physicians and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.^[1]

Stengel was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Gottfried Stengel, in 1868. In 1889, whilst studying he and a group of students commissioned Thomas Eakins to paint The Agnew Clinic. Stengel can be found in the center of the portrait.^[2]

The Agnew Clinic by Thomas Eakins (1889) - move cursor over image to investigate.

References

1. Alfred Stengel, Penn Biographies, University of Pennsylvania, accessed 18 January 2009
2. Medical Class of 1889 and Thomas Eakins' painting of the "The Agnew Clinic". University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center.