was twice married, and twice widowed. His first wife was Susan Powell Mason (1780–1840) whom he married 17 Nov 1803 at Boston and had six children: John Warren (b.1803-died young), Susan Powell Warren Lyman (1806–1856), Jonathan Mason Warren (1811–1867), James Sullivan Warren (1812–1867), Mary Collins Warren Dwight (1816-1900 ), and Emily Appleton (1818–1905). He married his second wife, Anna Winthrop (1803–1850), in 1842. Honors Warren was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1808. In 1818, Warren was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. He was elected as an honorary member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati in 1845. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society on April 30, 1856, but died soon after on the 4th of May. No known correspondence exists regarding this matter, so Warren's wishes regarding membership are unknown. Selected works Description of an Egyptian mummy, presented to the Massachusetts General Hospital: with an account of the operation of embalming in ancient and modern times. Boston, 1824? A comparative view of the sensorial and nervous systems in men and animals. Boston, J. W. Ingraham, 1822. Etherization: with Surgical Remarks. Boston, Ticknor, 1848. Effects of chloroform and of strong chloric ether, as narcotic agents. Boston, Ticknor, 1849. The preservation of health. With remarks on constipation, old age, use of alcohol in the preparation of medicines. Boston, Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1854. Remarks on some fossil impressions in the sandstone rocks of Connecticut River. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1854. The Mastodon giganteus of North America. 2d ed., with additions. Boston, Wilson, 1855. See also Boston Medical Library (1805–26), co-founded by Warren Notes External links Portrait at Metropolitan Museum John Collins Warren correspondence, Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University American surgeons People from Boston 1778 births 1856 deaths Harvard College alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard Medical School faculty American magazine founders The New England Journal of Medicine people Presidents of the American Medical Association Physicians from Massachusetts Winthrop family