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£I)C IDental ®nfowne. 
LOUIS OTTOFY, D D. S., EDITOR. 
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CHICAGO, MARCH 21, 1893. 
THE DEATH OF DR. W. W. ALLPORT. 
Tn the demise oT W. W. Allport, at one o’clock this morning, there 
disappears from the scenes of human activity a remarkable character; 
one of the few remaining connecting links between this and the past 
gneration of dentists. As the late Dr. Watt was the principal figure in 
the central-western states, so Dr. Allport was one of the principal figures 
in the West. A man of strong individuality, our 
whose friendships were as warm and permanent as 
his enmities were cold and relentless. He was populai 
for his true worth to the profession, for his amiability 
to young men, admired for the courage to express 
and put into execution his convictions whether they 
pleased or displeased. As a gentleman, Dr. Allport 
was one of the few remaining of the ‘ statesman type’ 
of the generation just, preceding the days of Lincoln 
In latter years his trlents as a shrewd politician with 
many of the abilities of the statesman, were frequently 
brought into play. As a dentist and a skilfu] 
operator he ranked with the foremost in the profession. A fluent and 
able speaker, one whose presence always commanded respect, he was 
a welcome individual at dental gatherings, and as a writer of more than 
ordinary interest he will be remembered with gratification by all whc 
had the pleasure of his aquaintance. Those who receive this extra edition 
of The Dental Tribune will undoubtedly join us in the expression ol 
regret that he has not been spared to be present at the crowning event 
nf his nrofession this summer. 
I)r. \V. W. Allport 
©tntuary. 
Dr. Walter Webb Allport died at 1 o’clock this morning at his home. 
60 Maple street, after an illness of five weeks. His death was due to 
meningitis, preceded by erysipelas. He leaves a widow, who has been 
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making a European tour for the last six months, and four grown child- 
ren. 
Dr. Walter Webb Allport was born at Lorain, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 
June 10, 1824. He was of English descent, and Sir James Allport, one 
of the greatest railroad men in England, and Dean All port, were his 
cousins. In 1844 he entered the office of Prof. Amasa Trowbridge, at 
Watertown, to study medicine. In 1846 he determined to devote his 
attention to dentistry, and in 1853 entered the New York Dental College 
in the capacity of student and demonstrator. He graduated from that 
institution in 1853, removed to Chicago in 1854, and has practiced his 
profession here ever since. He married Miss Sarah Maria Haddock, at 
Watertown, in 1847. 
In 1858 Dr. Allport was elected President of the Western Dental 
Society; in 1860 he was elected chairman of the American Dental Asso- 
ciation at its organization; in 1865 he was elected President of the 
American Dental Convention, and in 1886 he was elected President of 
the American Dental Association. In 1881 Rush Medical College con- 
ferred on him the honorary degree of M. D., and for many years he was 
Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery in that institution and in the 
Chicago College of Dental Surgery. He was a member of the dental 
section in the Ninth International Medical Congress, which met in 
Washington in 1887, and was made Vice-President of the section. He 
was one of the organizers of the Chicago Microscopical Society, and for 
a long while its President. He was largely instrumental in the organi- 
zation of the American Dental Association. He was also the editor for 
two years of the People's Dental Journal. 
Dr. Allport was a man of venerable and distinguished appearance, 
with a commanding figure, a noble head, and features expressive of in- 
telligence, precision, honesty and courage. He w as pleasing and affable 
in manner, easily approached by young men, always ready to learn, and 
with an unfailing charitable instinct. Like all positive characters he had 
devoted friends and unforgiving enemies. He was a member of Grace 
Episcopal Church and was once a Mason, but he belonged to no club 
and no secret order. 
Announcements of the time W'hen the body w ill lie in state and the 
time of the funeral will be found in the Chicago daily press to-morrow 
The interment will be at Graceland Cemetery.