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THEODORE D. FINCK, M. D., is a son of C. Henry and Lizzie (Jacob) Finck, natives of Hanover, Germany, and Louisville, Ky. His maternal grandfather, Daniel Jacob, came from Baltimore to Louisville in 1832, and his father came to Louisville in 1845. The latter engaged in the wholesale liquor business, and in his day was one of the most prosperous and prominent German citizens of Louisville. He was a most zealous and active Mason, and subscribed the first sum ($1,000) to the building of the Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home, the most magnificent charity on the American continent. He died in 1879. The subject of this sketch was born in Louisville, March 9, 1863, and was brought up and educated in this city under a private tutor, Prof. Steffin, formerly of Annaopolis College. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Ochterlong, when but sixteen years of age, and entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1882; he also attended lectures in the medical department of the University of Louisville. He went to Europe in 1883, and was made a member of the International Congress for Kentucky. He received certificates from Vienna Colleges; took a hospital course in London; studied at Strasburg, Heidelburg and Berlin. He returned to America in the latter part of 1884, and has practiced since in Louisville. He was assistant in pathology in Hospital Medical College — branch of Central University. He is an honorable member of the State Medical Society, of the Louisville Medical Society, and also of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association.